Legal Opinion
Palmigiano v. Garrahy
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided August 10, 1977No. Civ. A. 74-172 and 75-032PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PETTINE, Chief Judge.
This is a consolidated class action brought by five prisoners confined in the Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) and by the National Prisoners Reform Association on behalf of all the prisoners incarcerated at the ACI. The plaintiff class, numbering over 650, includes pre-trial detainees as well as sentenced prisoners. Plaintiffs claim that the conditions under which they are confined violate the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, as well as various provisions of state law. They contend that the violations are so…
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3Cited by88 opinions
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