AFTER DECISION - IMPLEMENTATION OF JUDICIAL DECREES IN CORRECTIONAL SETTINGS - A CASE STUDY OF COLLINS V SCHOONFIELD

• NCJ Number: 40777
• Author(s): M K HARRIS
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 83 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 COLLINS V. SCHOONFIELD, DECIDED BY THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT IN MARYLAND IN 1972.

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 BALTIMORE CITY JAIL. MORE PARTICULARLY, THE STUDY DETAILS THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE COLLINS DECISION, WHICH INVOLVED DISCIPLINARY DUE PROCESS, MEDICAL CARE, COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD, AND TRIAL PREPARATION, 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# 40776, 40778-40779. IN NCJ# 40775, THE FINDINGS FROM THE INDIVIDUAL STUDIES ARE PRESENTED IN AN INTEGRATED FASHION. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...MSP