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Seventh Circuit Upholds CCA’s Victory in Indiana Jail Conditions Suit
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2013
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2013, page 53
On September 14, 2012, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s class certification and summary judgment orders in a jail conditions case involving the Marion County Correctional Center (MCCC) in Indianapolis, Indiana, also known as the Marion County Jail II, operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA).
Filed under:
Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic,
Medical,
Medical Records,
Totality of Conditions,
Summary Judgment,
Class Certification.
Location:
Indiana.
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