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Attorney Fees for Monitoring Consent Decree
Loaded on April 15, 1995
published in Prison Legal News
April, 1995, page 16
In 1992 prisoners seeking to desegregate the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF) in Lucasville, Ohio, entered into a consent decree with prison officials. Under the terms of the decree the cells at SOCF would be randomly integrated. After the April, 1993, rebellion at SOCF [see PLN, Vol . 4. No. …
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Classification,
Racial Discrimination,
Attorney Fee Awards,
Costs,
Consent Decrees.
Location:
Ohio.
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