Tag: Lawsuit
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BERGEN OFFICIAL DEFENDS JAIL STATE; Testifies More Work is Needed
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Thursday, March 12, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | NEWS | B01 Bergen County officials on Wednesday opened their defense in a lawsuit charging that conditions in the crowded jail rob inmates of their constitutional rights, while acknowledging that improvements are needed. Undersheriff Gary…
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INMATE SUIT CHALLENGED; Case Against Bergen Jail Unproved, N.J. Says
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Wednesday, March 11, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | NEWS | B05 The state has asked the federal judge presiding over a lawsuit by Bergen County Jail inmates to reduce overcrowding at the jail to dismiss the suit, arguing that the inmates failed to…
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INMATES BLAME FOOD FOR JAIL DISTURBANCE; Testify at Hearing on Class-Action Suit
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Saturday, February 8, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | Two Star B | NEWS | A03 Two Bergen County Jail inmates testified Friday that dissatisfaction with the jail’s food led to a hunger strike and a disturbance last month in which one prisoner was bitten three times…
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JAIL STILL DEFICIENT, EXPERT TESTIFIES
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Thursday, January 30, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | NEWS | Page: B01 Conditions that led Bergen County Jail inmates to file a class-action suit against the county and state remain largely unchanged since a sanitary expert last inspected the jail more than a…
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VICTORY FOR JAIL COULD BE A LOSS; Hearings Resume on Overcrowding
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Wednesday, January 29, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | NEWS | Page B01 In an ironic twist to a class-action suit seeking to reduce overcrowding at the Bergen County Jail, a high-ranking county official says the county could wind up a loser if it…
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JAIL NEGOTIATIONS BOG DOWN OVER WHO SHOULD PAY
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Saturday, December 21, 1991 The Record (New Jersey) | Two Star B |NEWS | Page A03 Negotiations over a lawsuit aimed at reducing overcrowding at the Bergen County Jail have reached an impasse over funding, the state Public Advocate’s Office says. The office is expected to go…