Legal Opinion
Michaud v. Sheriff of Essex County
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 5, 1983PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
This is an appeal by the defendants, the sheriff of Essex County, the county commissioners of Essex County, and Essex County, from an order by a Superior Court judge prohibiting occupancy after May 11, 1983, of any cell at the Essex County house of correction and jail at Lawrence (jail) not having a flush toilet, which can be flushed from within the cell, and hot and cold running water. The defendants appealed the judgment and we transferred the case here on our own motion. We conclude that the judge correctly found the human waste disposal system and related sanitary conditions at the jail…
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