AFTER DECISION - IMPLEMENTATION OF JUDICIAL DECREES IN CORRECTIONAL SETTINGS - A CASE STUDY OF HAMILTON V SCHIRO

• NCJ Number: 40776
• Author(s): D P SPILLER
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 110 pages
• Grant Number(s): 74-NI-99-0040
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: American Bar Assoc.
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS IS A NARROWLY FOCUSED EXAMINATION OF THE POST-JUDGEMENT HISTORY OF THE RECENT, SIGNIFICANT CORRECTIONAL LAW CASE OF HAMILTON V. SCHIRO, DECIDED BY THE EASTERN LOUISIANA FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT IN 1970.

Abstract

IT IS NOT AN EXAMINATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF CORRECTIONAL LAW OR MODERN CORRECTIONS IN GENERAL, BUT AN ANALYSIS OF HOW THE CASE AFFECTED THE INSTITUTION WITH WHICH IT WAS CONCERNED, THE ORLEANS PARISH, LOUISIANA, PRISON. MORE PARTICULARLY, THE STUDY DETAILS THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE HAMILTON DECISION, WHICH INVOLVED OVERCROWDING AND MEDICAL CARE, WAS IMPLEMENTED AND THE FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCED THAT PROCESS. ALSO COVERED ARE THE ROLES OF THE VARIOUS PERSONS AND INSTITUTIONS INVOLVED, THE EXTENT TO WHICH COMPLIANCE WAS ACHIEVED, AND THE OVERALL OUTCOME OF THE LITIGATION. STUDIES OF THREE OTHER CASES ARE AVAILABLE AS NCJ# 40777-40779. IN NCJ# 40775, THE FINDINGS FROM THE INDIVIDUAL STUDIES ARE PRESENTED IN AN INTEGRATED FASHION, TOGETHER WITH GENERAL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING THE FUTURE IMPROVEMENT OF LITIGATION REGARDING CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. THE INQUIRY OF WHICH THIS CASE STUDY IS A PART IS UNIQUE IN THAT NO SIMILAR EFFORT HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN TO EXAMINE COMPARATIVELY WHAT HAPPENS AFTER CORRECTIONAL LAW CASES ARE DECIDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)... MSP