Lawful Order
Subtitle: A Case Study of Correctional Crisis and Reform (Current Issues in Criminal Justice)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: September 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Textbook Binding
ISBN-13: 9780815335924
Subjects: International relations; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Sociology; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; Sociology - General; Social Science / Sociology / General; International Relations - General
First sentence: On August 10, 1977, in what was the first major "totality of conditions" case outside the South (Palmigiano v. Garrahy), the Honorable Raymond J. Pettine, then Chief Judge of the Federal District Court for Rhode Island, found that the conditions in Rhode Island's prisons "do not provide [a] tolerable living environment" and "would shock the conscience of any reasonable citizen who had a first hand opportunity to view them."