NCJ Number
51991
Date Published
1977
Length
909 pages
Annotation
A TRANSCRIPT IS PROVIDED OF CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY ON LEGISLATION ENABLING THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO INTERVENE ON BEHALF OF INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS WHEN THERE IS CAUSE TO BELIEVE THEIR RIGHTS ARE BEING VIOLATED.
Abstract
A JUDGE OF THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, A STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE STAFF DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATIONS COMMISSION ON CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES, THE LEGAL DIRECTOR OF THE CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL PRISON PROJECT, A HARVARD LAW SCHOOL PROFESSOR, AN ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE MANAGING ATTORNEY OF THE MENTAL HEALTH LAW PROJECT, A MEMBER OF THE BAR'S COMMISSION ON THE MENTALLY DISABLED, ATTORNEYS FROM THE NATIONAL SENIOR CITIZENS LAW CENTER, A NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN, A DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL LEGAL AID AND DEFENDER ASSOCIATION, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION LAW CENTER, INC., AND A PUBLIC ADVOCATE FROM NEW JERSEY TESTIFIED ON TWO LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS, BOTH OF WHICH WOULD GRANT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE AUTHORITY TO INTERVENE IN OR INITIATE SUITS IN FEDERAL COURT TO PROTECT THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF THE INSTITUTIONALIZED, INCLUDING THE ELDERLY, MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, CHILDREN, AND PRISONERS. IN ADDITION TO THE TRANSCRIPT, A SUBSTANTIAL SELECTION OF APPENDED MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED, INCLUDING LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS, SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS FROM WITNESSES AND THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE AND ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS, CORRESPONDENCE OF STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL AND OTHER STATE OFFICIALS, RELATED CASE MATERIALS, SELECTED DATA CONCERNING CORRECTIONAL GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES, AND RELATED ARTICLES, EDITORIALS, AND MEMOS.