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Attorney Fees Awarded in MCC Suit
Loaded on Sept. 15, 1995
published in Prison Legal News
September, 1995, page 21
Past issues of PLN have reported on repression and conditions at the Maximum Control Center (MCC) in Westville, IN and the legal challenges to those conditions as well as political struggle around it. The lawsuit was settled which resulted in numerous changes being made in the conditions of MCC prisoners, …
Filed under:
Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct,
Attorney Fee Awards,
Settlements,
Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement.
Location:
Indiana.
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