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Holding Pretrial Detainee in Prison May Violate Due Process
Loaded on Nov. 15, 1998
published in Prison Legal News
November, 1998, page 22
A federal district court in New York ruled that holding a prisoner in a prison ten months after his conviction was reversed may violate the due process clause and entitle him to damages. In 1991 Vincent Robbins was convicted of assault and attempted robbery in New York state court and ...
Filed under:
Transfers,
Conditions of Confinement,
Jail Specific,
Municipal Liability.
Location:
New York.
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