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| U.S. sues county over alleged jail abuses |
| By buffalonews.com |
| Published: 10/01/2009 |
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The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday followed up on its 50-page report describing inmate abuses at Erie County's two jails with a lawsuit alleging widespread denial of civil rights through beatings, poor health care and failure to heed the risk of suicide, among other things. The Justice Department asks a federal judge to ensure that civil rights are protected at the Correctional Facility in Alden and the Holding Center in downtown Buffalo. If the Justice Department proves that the facilities don't meet the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act, a judge could order improvements and enforce them with fines or appoint a special overseer, according to a lawyer involved in past federal court cases against the jails. County Executive Chris Collins and Sheriff Timothy B. Howard called the lawsuit frivolous and cast the Justice Department's actions as an abuse of federal power. They said the Justice Department wants Erie County to provide prisoners the equivalent of a hotel room. Read More. |
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