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BENJAMIN v. KOEHLER

Nos. 75 Civ. 3073 (MEL), 83 Civ. 2128 (MEL), 76 Civ. 2854 (MEL), 79 Civ. 4914 (MEL), 76 Civ. 101 (MEL), 76 Civ. 190 (MEL) and 79 Civ. 4913 (MEL).

710 F.Supp. 91 (1989)

James BENJAMIN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Richard KOEHLER, et al., Defendants. Charles FISHER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Richard KOEHLER, et al., Defendants. Ernesto MALDONADO, et al., Plaintiffs, v. William CIUROS, Jr., et al., Defendants. DETAINEES OF THE QUEENS HOUSE OF DETENTION FOR MEN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Benjamin J. MALCOLM, et al., Defendants. Iola FORTS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Benjamin J. MALCOLM, et al., Defendants. Guy Zepth AMBROSE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Benjamin J. MALCOLM, et al., Defendants. DETAINEES OF THE BROOKLYN HOUSE OF DETENTION FOR MEN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Benjamin J. MALCOLM, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

April 7, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip L. Weinstein, Theodore H. Katz, Jonathan S. Chasan, John A. Beck, William J. Rold, The Legal Aid Soc., Prisoners' Rights Project, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Peter L. Zimroth, Corp. Counsel, New York City (Leonard Koerner, Asst. Corp. Counsel, of counsel), for defendants.

LASKER, District Judge.

Throughout the United States in large metropolitan areas, and now some smaller ones, the plague of cocaine-derived "crack" has prompted a substantial increase in criminal arrests. The result in New York City has been to swell the population of its correctional facilities. As a result, the City once again seeks modifications of this court's order of June 23, 1981 which imposes limitations on the number of inmates who can be housed in a dormitory...

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