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| Judge: Clean up city jails |
| By Philadelphia Inquirer |
| Published: 01/26/2007 |
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PHILADELPHIA, PA - Philadelphia's jails are so overcrowded and dangerous that they violate the constitutional rights of inmates, a federal judge ruled yesterday. In a scathing 76-page ruling, U.S. District Judge R. Barclay Surrick ordered the city to immediately provide prisoners with clean cells, toilets, showers, beds and medical attention, as well as to dramatically reduce the time that suspects are kept in police lockups. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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