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Pierce County Jail Sued

Loaded on April 15, 1995 published in Prison Legal News April, 1995, page 5
Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Dental Care, Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Overcrowding, Staffing, Sanitation, Guard Brutality/Beatings. Location: Washington.
On January 19, 1995, a class action suit was filed against Pierce County (Tacoma, Washington) concerning massive overcrowding at its jail. The jail was built in 1984 and designed to hold 470 prisoners, it was later remodeled to hold 628. On January 17, 1995, the jail held 1,026 prisoners, more ...

 

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