Benjamin v. Fraser, No. 01-7533 (2nd Cir.) (343 F.3d 35) (September 2, 2003) (Judge Barrington D. Jr. Parker)
Back in 1975, pretrial inmates at 14 jails in New York City filed seven related class actions against the City and prison officials, alleging that they were being subjected to unconstitutional conditions of confinement. In 1978 and 1979, the parties entered into a series of consent decrees which, inter alia, ...
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