Legal Opinion
Essex County Jail Inmates v. Amato
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided November 20, 1989No. Civ. A. 82-1945PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HAROLD A. ACKERMAN, District Judge.
This litigation has had a painful and protracted history. This class action has been brought on behalf of the inmates of the Essex County jail against various Essex County officials and the New Jersey Commissioner of Corrections. Plaintiffs have sought relief from overcrowding and other objectionable conditions of confinement which have arisen as a result of the overcrowding. The parties come before the Court now on plaintiffs’ application for an order to show cause as to why the defendants should not be held in contempt for violating the terms of the…
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