Permissible to put pretrial detainee in maximum security classification. Sheriff must release low bond inmates. Some county jail conditions O.K., others were not-exercise, mail, and religious services. Sundance v. Mun. Ct. of L.A. Jud.
Pretrial detainees has no right to attend funeral.
County prisoner in New York not allowed to attend father's funeral in Jamaica. Louisiana appeals court rules that police officers were not liable for injuries sustained by an arrestee who was struck by a second arrestee in the back seat of a police car. New York Court judge rules that pretrial detainee who had not engaged in conduct threatening institutional security or herself must be released from administrative detention and allowed contact visitation. Fifth Circuit upholds dismissal of Texas pretrial detainee's suit seeking damages for injuries sustained while in a county jail. Appeals court rules that some of pretrial detainee's claims on conditions of confinement were improperly dismissed.