321 F. Supp. 127 - Wright v. McMann’s Empirical Analysis

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18 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions

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1. “Dannemora: Scenically located on the Canadian border; cells resemble those at Sing Sing and are impeccably clean; siesta permitted between morning and afternoon work periods; ice skating, bobsledding and skiing available in season; clientele permitted to have their own gardens (Angelvin was allowed to raise his own potatoes so as not to have to eat frozen french fries); waiters in the dining room attired in white hats, jackets and gloves.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 500 F. Supp. 725 - Aziz v. LeFevre

2. “No longer can prisons and their inmates be considered a closed society with every internal disciplinary judgment to be blissfully regarded as immune from the limelight that all public agencies ordinarily are subject to. The judicial complacency of the past in regard to these problems and cautions for courts to refrain whenever possible have been discarded.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Clements v. Turner

3. “to put the rebellious prisoner in the hands of the guards under unsanitary conditions that would make him subservient and break him down,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Wright v. McMann