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Federal District Court Orders Missouri's Platte County Jail Closed

The United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
ordered the Platte County Jail closed due to substandard conditions.
Platte County jail prisoners filed suit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the
jail, claiming violations of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against
cruel and unusual punishment. The jail was built ...

 

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