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Detainees Entitled to Non-Punitive Conditions
Loaded on Aug. 15, 1995
published in Prison Legal News
August, 1995, page 17
Pretrial detainees, who have not been convicted of any crimes, may not be punished in any manner. This includes housing them in jail conditions that could be construed as punitive. Dale Miller filed suit over conditions at the Cook County (Chicago) Jail. He claimed that jail cells lacked adequate ventilation …
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