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New Jersey MCU Suit Settled
Loaded on Aug. 15, 1996
published in Prison Legal News
August, 1996, page 20
On December 22, 1995, the federal district court in New Jersey signed a settlement order dismissing a class action suit filed by prisoners in New Jersey's Management Control Unit (MCU). The plaintiff class in the suit was composed of all black prisoners in the MCU since 1990. The settlement sets …
Filed under:
Classification,
Out of State Transfers,
Racial Discrimination,
Attorney Fee Awards,
Damages,
Settlements,
Special Masters,
Ad-Seg Hearings.
Location:
New Jersey.
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