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Benjamin v. Jacobson, No. 75 Civ 3073 (HB) (S.D.N.Y.) (935 F.Supp. 332) (July 23, 1996) (Judge Harold Jr. Baer)

QUOTE OF THE WEEK - An unexpurgated view of some of the problems with America's prisons.

"From the very beginning, conditions in our prisons were marked by overcrowding, fire hazards and poor sanitation. . . . Later in the 18th Century in what is known as the age of enlightenment ...

 

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