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JACKSON v. THORNBURGH

Civ. A. No. 88-1403.

702 F.Supp. 9 (1988)

Marline JACKSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Richard THORNBURGH, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

December 13, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. DeBruin, Jenner & Block, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Frederick D. Cooke, Jr., Martin L. Grossman, Paul A. Quander, Jr., District of Columbia Corp. Counsel; Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., John D. Bates, Bradley L. Kelly, Asst. U.S. Attys., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION OF CHARLES R. RICHEY UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

CHARLES R. RICHEY, District Judge.

Overcrowding at the prisons of the District of Columbia, primarily at Lorton Reformatory, the District of Columbia's single maximum security prison, is a disaster rapidly becoming a disgrace. The problem has occupied this Court and others on dozens of occasions over several decades, and no end is presently in sight. For the time being, the government of...

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