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PLRA Doesn't Apply to Civil Commitments

A federal district court in Massachusetts held that the PLRA does not apply to sexually dangerous people who are civilly committed, even when the facility they are housed in is in fact a prison administered by the state prison system. In 1975 a consent decree was entered regarding conditions at ...

 

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