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Federal Judges Convene Three-Judge Panel to Consider “Prisoner Release Orders” to Remedy California’s Prison Overcrowding; Upheld on Appeal

Loaded on March 15, 2008 published in Prison Legal News March, 2008, page 38
Filed under: Discrimination, Disabled Prisoners, Systemic Medical Neglect, Overcrowding, Injunctions (PLRA). Location: California.
Federal Judges Convene Three-Judge Panel to Consider "Prisoner Release Orders" to Remedy California's Prison Overcrowding; Upheld on Appeal

On July 23, 2007, two United States District Court judges in the Northern District and Eastern District of California simultaneously issued orders finding that overcrowding appeared to be the root cause of ...

 

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