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San Francisco City and County Jail Conditions Held Unconstitutional

Loaded on June 15, 1998 published in Prison Legal News June, 1998, page 18
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Fire Hazards, Overcrowding, Ventilation, Exposure to Cold, Plumbing, Sewage, Water, Sanitation, Asbestos, Jail Specific, Lighting, Shelter, Noise, Attorney Client, Special Masters, Premises Liability, Attorney Visits. Location: California.
A federal district court in California ruled that numerous conditions of confinement at San Francisco county jail # 3 violated contemporary standards of decency and the eighth and fourteenth amendments. Of particular importance to West coast readers, the court found that the jail's vulnerability to earthquakes was unconstitutional. Since most ...

 

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