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BENJAMIN v. SIELAFF

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

752 F.Supp. 140 (1990)

James BENJAMIN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Allyn R. SIELAFF, et al., Defendants. Ernesto MALDONADO, et al., Plaintiffs, v. William CIUROS, Jr., et al., Defendants. DETAINEES OF THE BROOKLYN HOUSE OF DETENTION FOR MEN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Allyn R. SIELAFF, et al., Defendants. DETAINEES OF the QUEENS HOUSE OF DETENTION FOR MEN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Allyn R. SIELAFF, et al., Defendants. Iola FORTS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Allyn R. SIELAFF, et al., Defendants. Guy Zepth AMBROSE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Allyn R. SIELAFF, et al., Defendants.

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

November 30, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Victor A. Kovner, Corp. Counsel, New York City (Leonard Koerner, Paul Rephen, Asst. Corp. Counsel, of counsel), for defendants.

LASKER, District Judge.

Approximately 120,000 inmates were admitted to New York City jails last year. The Department of Correction is faced with the difficult task of finding beds for approximately 250 new inmates each day.1 After these inmates are initially processed in court, they are transported to one of the jails on Rikers Island or to one of the Borough facilities. At each of these facilities, Department personnel classify the inmates...

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