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PLRA Doesn't Affect Court Contempt Powers
Loaded on July 15, 1999
published in Prison Legal News
July, 1999, page 10
A federal district court in New Jersey held that 18 U.S.C. § 3626, which allows for the immediate termination of prison and jail consent decrees, does not affect the contempt powers of courts. The underlying case involves a motion by jail detainee plaintiffs to impose contempt sanctions on jail officials ...
Filed under:
Conditions of Confinement,
Totality of Conditions,
Consent Decrees (PLRA),
Contempt (Civil Procedure).
Location:
New Jersey.
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