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New York Jail Overcrowding Unconstitutional by A federal district court in New York held that overcrowding in the Erie County jail violated the eighth amendment rights of convicted prisoners and the fourteenth amendment rights of pretrial detainees housed in the jail. Bernard Zolnowski, a pretrial detainee, filed suit challenging jail …
Philadelphia Fined for Degrading City Prisons by A Philadelphia common pleas court panel fined the city $2.2 million for "degrading" conditions in the city's prisons. The judgment, passed down by a three judge panel in early October, 1996, was accompanied by a contempt of court citation for the city. The …
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