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Detainees Entitled to Hygiene Items
Loaded on Nov. 15, 1995
published in Prison Legal News
November, 1995, page 21
A district court in Illinois has held that pretrial detainees are entitled to clean linen and clothes on a regular basis as well as adequate ventilation, medical treatment and food. The court begins its ruling with a quote by Dr. Karl Menninger who described American jails, including he Cook County …
Filed under:
Medical,
Tuberculosis,
Food,
Ventilation,
Clothing,
Bedding,
Hygiene Supplies.
Location:
Illinois.
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