Legal Opinion
Palmigiano v. Garrahy
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided March 28, 1978No. Civ. A. 74-172 and 75-032PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PETTINE, Chief Judge.
This matter is before the Court upon plaintiffs’ motion that the defendant Department of Corrections be held in civil contempt for failure to comply with paragraphs 5(a) and 5(c) of the Court’s Order of August 10, 1977, Palmigiano v. Garrahy, 443 F.Supp. 956 (D.R.I.1977).
After almost a decade of repeated and protracted litigation over the conditions at the Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI), 1 this Court found, in its Opinion of August 10, 1977, that conditions at the ACI constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment.…
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3Cited by24 opinions
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