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Ohio ACLU Challenges Supermax
Loaded on Oct. 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2001, page 28
The ACLU has filed a class-action suit in federal court in Cleveland, Ohio, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging the conditions of confinement at Ohio's supermax prison in Youngstown. The lawsuit alleges that conditions at Ohio State Penitentiary (OSP) constitute cruel and unusual punishment, violating both the United States Constitution, …
Filed under:
Medical,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Hepatitis,
Restraints,
Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
Location:
Ohio.
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