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· 1/19/1989

New York State Pesticide Coalition, Inc. v. Jorling

Citations

  • 704 F. Supp. 26
  • 19 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20728
  • 28 ERC (BNA) 1919
  • 1989 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 464
  • 1989 WL 4507

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  • holding that overcrowding, including placing of inmates in multiple-bunk cells, violated due process rights of pretrial detainees and Eighth Amendment rights of convicted prisoners
  • housing inmates in multiple-person cells giving as little as 18 to 26 square feet of space per prisoner, in violation of state Criminal Detention Facilities Board’s minimum design standards, violated the Eighth Amendment
  • prisoners are guaranteed a reasonably adequate diet

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Judges: McCurn

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