On October 26, 1978, the Department of the Public Advocate of the Office of the New Jersey Public Defender filed suit in the Superior Court of New Jersey Law Division - Passaic County, challenging the overcrowded conditions at the Passaic County Detention Center.
Following a hearing on ...
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On October 26, 1978, the Department of the Public Advocate of the Office of the New Jersey Public Defender filed suit in the Superior Court of New Jersey Law Division - Passaic County, challenging the overcrowded conditions at the Passaic County Detention Center.
Following a hearing on November 20, 1978, the Superior Court (Judge Charles Joelson) issued an Order dated December 11, 1978, containing its findings of fact and conclusions of law. The Order cited numerous structural deficiencies and hazards the Court found existed at the Passaic County Detention Center. The Court ruled that defendants were permitted to operate the Detention Center only on a temporary basis while certain remedial measures were undertaken. Those measures included the presentation of a plan to the Court to either renovate and expand the current facility or to construct a new and larger facility.
On July 16, 1982, the Court held a hearing on plaintiffs' motion to compel compliance with the Court's December 11, 1978 order. As our records are incomplete, it is not clear what the outcome was.
We have no further information on this case.
Dan Dalton - 02/26/2007
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