Inmates of Sybil Brand Institute for Women v. County of Los Angeles

Opinion

McCLOSKY, J.

Plaintiffs in a class action brought on behalf of “all women who are or in the future will be incarcerated at Sybil Brand Institute for Women” against the County of Los Angeles and others, appeal from judgment entered therein, contending:

1. The due process clause of the California Constitution mandates strict scrutiny of substantial restraints on pretrial detainees’ liberty beyond those which inhere in detention.

2. The challenged substantive restraints on pretrial detainees are imposed on the basis of wealth and therefore must be subjected to strict scrutiny under the equal…