Legal Opinion
Wali v. Coughlin
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 5, 1985No. 693, Docket 84-2387PublishedCited by 262 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:
The Sisyphean task of maintaining order in our nation’s prisons has, in recent times, been discharged with diligence and industry. Those men and women charged with the daily control of these most volatile of institutions have done much to bring them up to the standards expected of a civilized society approaching the end of the twentieth century. It cannot be gainsaid that much remains to be done before we can rest. Neither can it be denied that many *1018beneficial changes have been effected by the courts over the vigorous objections of corrections officials. By…
2Cases cited49 opinions
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