Legal Opinion
Union County Jail Inmates v. Scanlon
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided April 27, 1982No. Civ. 81-863PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HAROLD A. ACKERMAN, District Judge.
It is no secret that crime is one of the most serious problems facing this country. People properly perceive it as a disease of epidemic proportions affecting the very well-being of society. 1 It is understandable that the public, acting through its appointed and elected representatives, has attempted to respond forcefully by apprehending, prosecuting, convicting, and in appropriate circumstances, incarcerating the perpetrators of crime.
Incarceration, especially for violent criminals, is increasingly considered to be the appropriate response to…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Rhodes v. ChapmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Rizzo v. GoodeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Procunier v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Kennedy v. Mendoza-MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Union County Jail Inmates v. Di BuonoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
- Inmates of the Allegheny County Jail v. WechtDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1983
- Monmouth County Correctional Institution Inmates v. LanzaroDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1984
- Union County Jail Inmates, Timmie Lee Barlow, Elbert Evans, Jr., Raymond Skinner, James Wysocki, on Behalf of Themselves and All Other Persons Similarly Situated v. V. William Di Buono, Assignment Judge Joseph G. Barbieri, Criminal Assignment Judge Cuddie E. Davidson, Jr., Bail Judge as Representatives of the Judges of the Criminal Courts of Union County Ralph Froelich, Union County Sheriff James Scanlon, Jail Administrator Thomas Hefferson, Jail Warden Rose Marie Sinnot, Chairman, Board of Chosen Freeholders George Albanese, County Manager and Their Successors in Office, in Their Official Capacities, Randolph Pisane and Louis J. Coletti v. William H. Fauver, Commissioner, Department of Corrections, State of New Jersey, and His Successor in His Official Capacity. Appeal of William H. Fauver, Commissioner, New Jersey Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
- Essex County Jail Inmates v. AmatoDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1989
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