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Turner Applied to Rehabilitation Act Claims
Loaded on June 15, 1995
published in Prison Legal News
June, 1995, page 4
Prisoners at the California Medical Facility (CMF) in Vacaville filed a class action suit challenging the adequacy of medical care and the overall treatment afforded to prisoners at the facility, especially those who were HIV positive or had AIDS. Before trial the parties entered into a consent decree in which …
Filed under:
Disabled Prisoners,
Work,
Prison Labor,
HIV/AIDS,
Staffing,
Consent Decrees,
Americans with Disabilities Act,
Rehabilitation Act.
Location:
California.
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