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PLRA Immediate Termination Provisions Unconstitutional

Afederal district court in. New Jersey has declared unconstitutional the provisions of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), 18 U.S.C. § 3626(b)(2)(3), permitting the immediate termination of consent decrees.

In 1983, Robert Lee Denike and Kenneth Vespa, New Jersey state prisoners, sued prison officials under § 1983 alleging urine tests ...

 

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