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Disastrous Conditions in Vermont Prisons
Loaded on Jan. 15, 1994
published in Prison Legal News
January, 1994, page 14
Lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union's National Prison Project who have just visited four Vermont Prisons announced today that they plan to extend and deepen their investigation into unconstitutional prison conditions there. Attorney Edward Koren, team member and veteran litigator in major prison conditions cases around the country, ranked …
Filed under:
Sexual Harassment,
Staff-Prisoner Harassment,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Dental Care,
Overcrowding,
Sex Offender Treatment,
Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
Location:
Vermont.
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