FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:
In September 1970 — one month after an explosive riot at the Manhattan House of Detention for Men — several inmates brought a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against various New York City and State officials. The complaint alleged that conditions in the House of Detention, better known as the Tombs, denied plaintiffs and the class they represent...
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