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Indiana Jail Held in Contempt, Sanctions Imposed

Loaded on Nov. 15, 2004 published in Prison Legal News November, 2004, page 22
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Food, Overcrowding, Exercise, Sanitation, Bedding, Injunctions, Sanctions, Municipal Liability. Location: Indiana.
An Indiana federal district court held that the sheriff of Marion County was in contempt of court for failing to comply with the court's previous orders relating to conditions at the County's jail. While the court held that punitive sanctions would not be imposed at this time because the failure ...

 

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