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Puerto Rican Prison Officials in Contempt of Overcrowding Order

A federal district court in Puerto Rico held that the governor of Puerto Rico and island prison officials were in contempt of court for violating an injunction requiring that prisoners be given first 35 square feet, then 50 ft. then 70 square feet of living space per prisoner. The sanction ...

 

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