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Suit Against Pennsylvania Jail and Controversial Trainer Down to Just Two Plaintiffs

Loaded on Oct. 15, 2023 published in Prison Legal News October, 2023, page 44
Filed under: Staff Training. Location: Pennsylvania.

With an order denying class certification on March 24, 2023, the federal court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania left just two plaintiffs to proceed with claims against York County Prison and a controversial training contractor it hired, Corrections Special Applications Unit (C-SAU). As previously reported by PLN, the two ...

 

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