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HUDSON v. THORNBURGH

Civ. A. No. 83-2084.

770 F.Supp. 1030 (1991)

James HUDSON, Chairman F3352 Harold X (Smith) F6433 Administrative Assistant to the Chairman Joseph Baynes F7102 Treasure Pro-Tempore Pennsylvania Association for Lifers at Pittsburgh Non-Profit Corporation, Plaintiffs, v. Richard THORNBURGH, Governor George Petsock, Superintendent, SCIP, Lt. Andolina, G. Urich, Capt. C.J. Walsh, Lt., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

August 12, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Hudson, pro se.

Joseph Baynes, pro se.

Harold X (Smith), pro se.

Donna McClelland, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendants.

OPINION

COHILL, Chief Judge.

One of the demands placed on the federal courts in the last several decades has been to define and determine the fine line between the rights of incarcerated prisoners to receive humane treatment and the entitlement of society to the punishment of, and protection from, those same prisoners. It has been our lot to be deeply involved in several of these controversies. See, Owens-El v. Robinson, 442 F.Supp...

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