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ARMSTRONG v. WARD

No. 511, Docket 75-2109.

529 F.2d 1132 (1976)

Doris ARMSTRONG et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Benjamin WARD, Commissioner of Correctional Services, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 3, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen M. Latimer, New York City (Bronx Legal Services Corp. C, Donald Grajales, New York City, Project Director; Charles H. Jones, Newark, N. J., Rutgers University Prison Law Clinic, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Joel Lewittes, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City (Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Stanley L. Kantor, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, on the brief), for defendants-appellants.

Before OAKES, VAN GRAAFEI-LAND and MESKILL, Circuit Judges.

VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:

Prior to May 24, 1974, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility (hereinafter "Bedford Hills") was the only general confinement facility for adult sane female felons in New York State. Because this facility had become overcrowded, the Department of Corrections in May 1974 authorized the establishment of a second women's institution, to be located on the grounds of the Fishkill Correctional Facility in Beacon, New York (hereinafter "Fishkill...

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