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Court Continues Oversight and Orders Corrections in Georgia Jail
Loaded on June 15, 2004
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2004, page 10
by David M. Reutter
Filed under:
HIV/AIDS,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Tuberculosis,
Overcrowding,
Staffing,
Exposure to Cold,
Exposure to Heat,
Appointment of Counsel,
Settlements,
Consent Decrees,
Sentencing,
Bail.
Location:
Georgia.
"The Court is totally out of patience with the assurances and promises that compliance will be achieved" with the Final Settlement Agreement signed on January 24, 2000. So said Judge Shoeb, U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, when ordering Fulton County, Georgia, to ease overcrowding ...
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