SOUZA v. SHERIFF OF BRISTOL COUNTY

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455 Mass. 573 (2010)

RICHARD SOUZA & others v. SHERIFF OF BRISTOL COUNTY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

January 5, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce A. Assad & Gary W. Smith for the defendant.

James R. Pingeon for the plaintiffs.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., IRELAND, SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, & GANTS, JJ.


IRELAND, J.

The plaintiffs are inmates at the Bristol County jail and house of correction in Dartmouth. In July, 2002, they commenced an action in the Superior Court for declaratory and injunctive relief, raising numerous challenges to the imposition of certain fees on them and other inmates by the defendant, the sheriff of Bristol County (sheriff), pursuant to an "Inmate Financial Responsibility Program" (program).

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