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New Jersey Sex Offenders Must Be Protected and Segregated During Transports
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2007
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2007, page 38
A New Jersey federal district court has issued a preliminary injunction requiring prison officials at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center in Avenel, New Jersey (ADTC) to protect and segregate ADTC prisoners when transporting them to medical appointments or court appearances.
Filed under:
Sex Offenders (Discrimination),
Failure to Protect (General),
Transportation,
Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's,
Protective Custody.
Location:
New Jersey.
This class action suit was brought by ADTC prisoners, …
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