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Lorton Conditions Unconstitutional
Loaded on March 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2001, page 16
A federal district court for the District of Columbia held that a prisoner stated claims for an assortment of constitutional injuries and a violation of the Lorton Act. The defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint or, in the alternative, for summary judgment was denied in part.
Filed under:
Transfers,
Racial Discrimination,
Cancer,
Skin,
Vision,
Conditions of Confinement,
Totality of Conditions,
Smoking,
Eighth Amendment,
Ventilation,
Clothing,
Plumbing,
Water,
Sanitation,
Exposure to Heat,
Qualified Immunity,
Ad-Seg Hearings.
Location:
Washington.
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