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United States Sues Georgia County Jail over Unconstitutional Medical and Living Conditions
Loaded on Aug. 15, 2007
by John Dannenberg
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2007, page 32
by John E. Dannenberg
Filed under:
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Failure to Treat,
Totality of Conditions,
Failure to Protect (General),
Fire Hazards,
Staffing,
Plumbing,
Sewage,
Vermin,
Civil Procedure,
Injunctions,
Suicides.
Location:
Georgia.
Using its investigative powers under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997, the U.S. Dept. of Justice (DOJ) investigated conditions at the Terrell County, Georgia jail (Terrell).
There it found unconstitutional conditions related to medical care, mental health care, protection from ...
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