Legal Opinion
Knuckles v. Prasse
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 31, 1969No. Civ. A. 41770, 42445PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.
I
INTRODUCTION
These two consolidated actions under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983, lead us into the difficult area where the exigencies of effective prison administration threaten to collide with those constitutionally protected freedoms assured all persons not in prison. Plaintiffs are five prisoners in the Pennsylvania State Correctional System. Knuckles, McKee, Green and Tillery were inmates at the State Correctional Institution at Graterford, Pennsylvania (hereinafter referred to as “Grater-ford”) during most of the time relevant hereto.…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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