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Infestation Violates 8th Amendment
Loaded on April 15, 1994
published in Prison Legal News
April, 1994, page 6
Several pretrial detainees in the Cook County jail in Chicago filed suit over rodent infestation at the jail. Several of the plaintiffs claimed they had been bitten by rats, one was attacked by a swarm of mice. Administrative grievances and complaints to jail officials failed to resolve the problem. The ...
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