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Proactive Sheriff Not Liable for Assault in Overcrowded Jail
The two plaintiffs were subjected to serious assaults by other prisoners.
While the plaintiffs were subjected to an objectively serious risk, the
Sheriff was not deliberately indifferent. He inherited an aged,
overcrowded jail but began an aggressive campaign to clean things up,
requesting relevant studies, implementing work release and diversion ...
While the plaintiffs were subjected to an objectively serious risk, the
Sheriff was not deliberately indifferent. He inherited an aged,
overcrowded jail but began an aggressive campaign to clean things up,
requesting relevant studies, implementing work release and diversion ...
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