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INMATES OF MILWAUKEE COUNTY JAIL v. PETERSEN

No. 70-C-545.

353 F.Supp. 1157 (1973)

The INMATES OF MILWAUKEE COUNTY JAIL et al., Plaintiffs, v. Alvin PETERSEN, individually and in his capacity as Chief Jailer of the Milwaukee County Jail, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Wisconsin.

January 17, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Corrections Legal Services Program, by Kent A. Martin, Freedom Through Equality, Inc., by Steven H. Steinglass, Wisconsin Civil Liberties Union, by Robert E. Sutton, Milwaukee, Wis., and NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., by Stanley A. Bass, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Robert P. Russell, Corp. Counsel by James J. Bonifas, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendants.

OPINION

MYRON L. GORDON, District Judge.

This action began on September 29, 1970, as a broad challenge by pretrial detainees to the constitutional propriety of Milwaukee County jail practices and conditions. The scope of the litigation narrowed considerably as the pretrial proceedings progressed, until the following matters remained subject to challenge:

a. Disciplinary procedures in the jail; b. Limitations on and censorship of incoming...

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