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DOJ Intervenes in Class-action Suit Challenging New Orleans Jail Conditions; Consent Judgment Entered
Loaded on June 5, 2014
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2014, page 44
Filed under:
Jail Misconduct,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Failure to Protect (General),
Overcrowding,
Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
Location:
Louisiana.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) intervened in a class-action lawsuit that alleged “abusive and unconstitutional conditions of confinement” at the Orleans Parish Prison (OPP) in New Orleans, Louisiana. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), resulted in a consent judgment approved …
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