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Judge Denies Motion to Nullify Orleans Parish Prison Health Care Contract
Loaded on Sept. 2, 2016
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2016, page 44
Filed under:
Correct Care Solutions.
Location:
Louisiana.
The Louisiana federal district court overseeing the consent decree related to conditions at the Orleans Parish Prison (OPP) has denied a motion by the City of New Orleans to nullify a contract to provide prisoner health care at the facility. The motion was the latest skirmish between city officials and ...
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