Legal Opinion
Rivera-Feliciano v. Acevedo-Vila
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 15, 2006No. 05-2473PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
In the 1970’s inmates brought litigation alleging that conditions at the Puerto Rico prisons were unconstitutional; this result ed in a number of findings of constitutional violations and federal court remedial orders. See generally Morales Feliciano v. Rullan, 378 F.3d 42 (1st Cir.2004) (providing history of prior litigation).
In 1989, in response to overcrowding within the prison system, the Puerto Rico Administration of Corrections (AOC), through a “normative memorandum,” established an Electronic Surveillance Program (ESP) under which certain inmates wearing electronic…
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