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PA Pre-Trial Detainee's Transfer to State Prison Held Unconstitutional

After several guards were stabbed, a number of pre-trial detainees were
transferred from a Pennsylvania county jail to a state prison. They didn't
receive notice or a hearing before their transfers, and conditions at the
prison were much harsher than at the jail. They filed a class action in
federal ...

 

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