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| ACLU: Squalid conditions at troubled Baltimore jail |
| By journaltimes.com- Juliet Linderman & Brian Witte |
| Published: 06/03/2015 |
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BALTIMORE — Moldy showers and cells are infested with mice and cockroaches, toilets are broken for days and medical care is poor or nonexistent at a notoriously troubled Baltimore city jail, the ACLU and Public Justice Center said in court documents filed Tuesday. The groups want a federal judge to reopen a lawsuit against the state of Maryland over what they say are conditions so substandard it brings “shame to this city.” Inmates suffering from serious illnesses such as HIV and diabetes are being denied life-sustaining prescription medication and the state has failed to cure well-documented systemic problems within the jail after entering into a 2007 agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, the court documents said. “The conditions at the jail are a menace to the Constitution and to the public’s health,” said David Fathi, director of the ACLU’s National Prison Project. Read More. |
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