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NSP Double Celling Order Vacated
Loaded on Sept. 15, 1996
published in Prison Legal News
September, 1996, page 18
The court of appeals for the eighth circuit held that a district court had to reconsider prisoners' double celling claims under the supreme court's ruling in Farmer v. Brennan, 114 S.Ct. 1970 (1994). This case arises from a class action suit filed by prisoners at the Nebraska State Penitentiary (NSP) …
Filed under:
Conditions of Confinement,
Failure to Protect (General),
Overcrowding,
Eighth Amendment,
Injunctions.
Location:
Nebraska.
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