Legal Opinion
Disability Law Center v. Massachusetts Department of Correction
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided April 12, 2012No. C.A. No. 07-10463-MLWPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WOLF, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This case was brought in March, 2007, following reports of a number of suicides by mentally ill prisoners in the custody of the Massachusetts Department of Correction (the “Department”), including many held in segregated confinement. Plaintiff Disability Law Center (the “DLC”) represents all Massachusetts prisoners with mental illnesses. It alleges that the Department, and certain individuals sued only in their official capacities, violated the federal constitutional rights of mentally ill inmates by subjecting those inmates to…
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