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VAZQUEZ v. GRAY

No. 78 Civ. 4914 (GLG).

523 F.Supp. 1359 (1981)

Jose VAZQUEZ, Ralph Scott, Anthony Prentis, Allan Douglas, E. Agosto, James Lewis, Charles W. Allman, Gregory Diaz, Charles L. Hunt, and Michael Franklin, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Albert D. GRAY, Jr., Commissioner, Department of Correction, County of Westchester; Norwood E. Jackson, Warden, Westchester County Correctional Facilities; Joseph M. Stancari, Associate Warden, Westchester County Jail; Richard Hildreth, Senior Assistant Warden, Westchester County Jail; and Alfred B. Delbello, County Executive, County of Westchester, individually and in their official capacities, Defendants.

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

October 16, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Greenberg, Joel Berger, Steven L. Winter, Claudia Angelos, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Samuel S. Yasgur, Westchester County Atty., White Plains, N. Y., for defendants; Marilyn J. Slaatten, Asst. County Atty., of counsel.

OPINION

GOETTEL, District Judge:

The Westchester County Jail ("WCJ") is overcrowded. Everyone knows this — the inmates, the corrections officers, the county officials and, in light of the riots that occurred at the jail in July of this year, even the public.

When the inmates commenced this action a few years ago, they complained about a number of aspects concerning the conditions at the jail....

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