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ESSEX COUNTY JAIL INMATES v. AMATO

Civ. A. No. 82-1945.

726 F.Supp. 539 (1989)

ESSEX COUNTY JAIL INMATES, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Nicholas AMATO, County Executive, et als., and William H. Fauver, Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Corrections, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

November 20, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Gary Mitchell, Dept. of Public Advocate, Trenton, N.J., for plaintiffs.

Joseph T. Maloney, Deputy Atty. Gen., Trenton, N.J., for Fauver.

OPINION

HAROLD A. ACKERMAN, District Judge.

This litigation has had a painful and protracted history. This class action has been brought on behalf of the inmates of the Essex County jail against various Essex County officials and the New Jersey Commissioner of Corrections. Plaintiffs have sought relief from overcrowding and other objectionable conditions of confinement which have arisen as a result of the over-crowding. The parties come before the Court...

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