Legal Opinion
Block v. Rutherford
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided July 3, 1984No. 83-317PublishedCited by 713 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
We granted certiorari to decide whether pretrial detainees have a right guaranteed by the United States Constitution to contact visits and to observe shakedown searches of their cells by prison officials.
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Los Angeles County Central Jail is one of seven principal facilities operated by the Sheriff of Los Angeles County. The three-story jail complex, located in downtown Los Ange-les, is the largest jail in the country, with a capacity of over 5,000 inmates. It is the primary facility in Los Angeles County for male pretrial detainees, the vast majority of *578whom remain at the facility at most a…
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