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Closure Proper Remedy if Court’s Order Balked by Officials

The First Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a district court has the authority to order a jail or prison closed if its order to correct constitutional violations is not complied with.

This civil rights action was brought by prisoners at Massachusetts’ Essex County Jail, alleging the conditions at ...

 

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