Suit Filed Against Inhuman Conditions at Westchester County Jail

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Topic
- Economic Justice
Notable Person
- Jack Greenberg
Organization
- NAACP Legal and Educational Defense Fund, Inc.
Matter
- Ford v. Morris
Case
- Ford v. Morris
Collection
- Brief Collection
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- 9ed19d27-b29a-ee11-be36-6045bdeb8873

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Press Releases, Volume 6. Suit Filed Against Inhuman Conditions at Westchester County Jail, 1975. 55071f1a-bb92-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/3a30a0a1-482b-4fdb-8a63-fac3ae6a7af0/suit-filed-against-inhuman-conditions-at-westchester-county-jail. Accessed April 28, 2025.

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YORK, N.Y., June 3 ~ CP Leg: and Educational Fund ers today filed s it against the New York State Commission of Correction and Westchester County 1s, charging that unlawful and inhumane conditions exist in the Westchester County Jail.

The lawsuit, filed on behalf of pretrial i. ates incarcerated because they are unable to post bail, charges that inmates are not provided with adequate medical or dental Care, are subj = to blatantly unsanitary conditions, and suffer cruel and unusual punishment a. uinistered in an arbitrary anq Capricious way.

The complaint also citestwo incidents in which
deputies have beaten inmates while being transported from jail to the courthous and alleges that pretrial detainees on occasion are placed in isolation units in the County Penitentiary.

The complaint additionally charges at minors, felons and misde eanants incarcera
jail officials illegally censor mail

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