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| On jail issues, Oklahoma County officials know how New Orleans feels |
| By newsok.com |
| Published: 10/04/2012 |
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In New Orleans, the U.S. Justice Department is intervening in a class-action lawsuit filed over conditions at the Orleans Parish Prison. The department's filing cites, among other things, “inadequate medical, mental health care and suicide prevention practices” and failures of the staff “to protect prisoners from physical and sexual violence.”.. If that rings a bell, it should. Oklahoma County officials have faced almost identical complaints from the Justice Department over conditions at our county jail. A 2008 review by the federal agency outlined concerns ranging from “unconscionable violence” between inmates but also between guards and inmates, to unsanitary conditions and poor record keeping. Read More. |
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