Legal Opinion
Jackson v. Thornburgh
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 13, 1988No. Civ. A. 88-1403PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION OF CHARLES R. RICHEY UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
CHARLES R. RICHEY, District Judge.
Overcrowding at the prisons of the District of Columbia, primarily at Lorton Reformatory, the District of Columbia’s single maximum security prison, is a disaster rapidly becoming a disgrace. The problem has occupied this Court and others on dozens of occasions over several decades, and no end is presently in sight. For the time being, the government of the District of Columbia alone has the power to remedy the problem, but it must do so soon.
In a limited effort to alleviate the problem, the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Plyler v. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Craig v. BorenSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Moss v. ClarkCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
- Harold Pryor and Gregory E. Dennis v. Edward J. BrennanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Marline Jackson v. Richard K. Thornburgh, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990
- Lawrence Moss v. Jeffrey J. Clark, Prisoners' Rights Program, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C. Marline Jackson Laverne Anderson Michele Anderson Lillie Mae Bedney Phyllis Clemons Barbara Davis Sheila Davis Cynthia L. Fogg Rocina L. Garmany Edna Goolsby Deborah Hagans Vera Hardin Mavis Hobbs Irene Jenkins Shirley Y. Jones Justine Kinard Pauline Massenberg Deborah Morris Patricia Ann Paige Jarita Reaves Annie Robinson Flossie Robinson Saundra Sanders Rita Mae Scheer Connie Smith-Johnson Ayesha Stackhouse Mary Thomas Sandra Walker Tiajuana Washington Mary A. Wilson Mona R. Wilson, Amici Curiae, and Dc Correctional Department, John Michael Brand, Jr. v. Jeffrey J. Clark, Prisoners' Rights Program, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C. Marline Jackson Laverne Anderson Michele Anderson Lillie Mae Bedney Phyllis Clemons Barbara Davis Sheila Davis Cynthia L. Fogg Rocina L. Garmany Edna Goolsby Deborah Hagans Vera Hardin Mavis Hobbs Irene Jenkins Shirley Y. Jones Justine Kinard Pauline Massenberg Deborah Morris Patricia Ann Paige Jarita Reaves Annie Robinson Flossie Robinson Saundra Sanders Rita Mae Scheer Connie Smith-Johnson Ayesha Stackhouse Mary Thomas Sandra Walker Tiajuana Washington Mary A. Wilson Mona R. Wilson, Amici CuriaeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
- Marline Jackson v. Richard K. Thornburgh, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990
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