Legal Opinion
In re Texas Prison Litigation
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided January 14, 1999No. Nos. 98-7330-TX-C-5, 99-4021-CV-C-5PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER APPROVING CLASS SETTLEMENT AND ORDERING PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY FEE
LAUGHREY, District Judge.
Beginning in 1995, the State of Missouri contracted with various Texas counties and a city to house inmates who had been committed to the custody of the Missouri Department of Corrections (“DOC”). Some of these counties in turn contracted with private jail companies to operate the facilities where the Missouri prisoners were housed. Under the Texas Cell Lease Program, more than 2100 Missouri prisoners were transferred to Texas and several have claimed that their civil rights were…
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