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| DOJ investigating conditions at Indiana prisons |
| By WISH |
| Published: 09/27/2004 |
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There is new information on allegations of unconstitutional conditions at some Indiana prisons. WISH has learned that the US Department of Justice is conducting an investigation at several juvenile correctional facilities in Indiana, including one in Plainfield. The department is looking into allegations of systemic violations of civil rights, including the conditions of confinement, at the Plainfield Juvenile Correctional Facility, the South Bend Juvenile Correctional Facility and the Logansport Juvenile Intake and Diagnostic Facility. I-Team 8 has obtained a copy of a letter from US Assistant Attorney General R. Alexander Acosta, which confirms the existence of the investigation. Officials from the local United States attorney's office had no immediate comment on the Department of Justice investigation, and FBI officials said they had no such investigations underway at any of these facilities. The information we have right now concerning this investigation is very preliminary. WISH will have more reports on this issue as facts develop. |
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