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MORALES FELICIANO v. HERNANDEZ COLON

Civ. No. 79-4(PG).

697 F.Supp. 37 (1988)

Carlos MORALES FELICIANO, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Rafael HERNANDEZ COLON, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

July 28, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey B. Nachman, Harry Anduze, Rafael Pérez-Bachs, José Fernández-Seín, Carlos E. Ramos, Santurce, P.R., Carlos García-Gutiérrez, Nora Rodríguez, Hato Rey, P.R., Ivonne Díaz de Carrera, Legal Assistance Clinic, University of Puerto Rico School of Law, Río Piedras, P.R., for plaintiffs.

Marcos Ramírez, Hato Rey, P.R., Dept. of Justice, Com. of Puerto Rico, San Juan, P.R., for defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER

PEREZ-GIMENEZ, Chief Judge.

This matter is before the Court on a motion by plaintiffs to close the Ponce District Jail (popularly known as "El Castillo") because of the continuing violations of the federal constitutional rights of all persons — pretrial detainees and convicted felons and misdemeanants — incarcerated at this institution under the custody of the Administration of Correction of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico...

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