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AMBROSE v. MALCOLM

No. 76 Civ. 190.

440 F.Supp. 51 (1977)

Guy Zepth AMBROSE, Luis Gilces, Faruk Abdul Ghani, and Johnny Johnson, detainees of the Bronx House of Detention for Men, Individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Benjamin J. MALCOLM, Commissioner of Correction of the City of New York, Robert Kirton, Deputy Warden-in-Command, Bronx House of Detention for Men, and Abraham D. Beame, Mayor of the City of New York, Individually and in their official capacities, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

November 22, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Hellerstein, The Legal Aid Society, New York City, for plaintiffs; Michael B. Mushlin, Norma P. D'Apolito, Robert B. Shapiro, Ellen J. Winner, New York City, of counsel.

W. Bernard Richland, Corp. Counsel, New York City, for defendants; Donald J. Tobias, Asst. Corp. Counsel, New York City, of counsel.

LASKER, District Judge.

On July 26, 1976, this court ordered the defendants (a) to commence a temporary contact visitation program at the Bronx House of Detention (BHD) no later than September 15, 1976 which would afford each member of the plaintiff class at least one—one hour contact visit each week and (b) to submit as soon as practicable a plan for the creation of a permanent facility to insure that every visit at BXHD would be a contact visit as soon as...

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