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| Abuse Case A Wrap After Almost 2 Decades |
| By californiawatch.org |
| Published: 02/10/2011 |
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A long-running legal action that exposed widespread abuses at the state’s highest security prison and forced major reforms within California's department of corrections is drawing to a close. In the coming days, federal District Judge Thelton Henderson is expected to terminate litigation in a case that began when inmates at Pelican Bay State Prison filed a class-action lawsuit over claims of widespread physical abuse, poor medical and mental health care, and appalling conditions in the prison’s notorious security housing unit. In a sweeping decision with national implications, Henderson ruled in 1995 that Pelican Bay inmates had been subjected to excessive violence and cruel and unusual punishment. "The Eighth Amendment's restraint on using excessive force has been repeatedly violated at Pelican Bay, leading to a conspicuous pattern of excessive force," he wrote. Read More. |
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