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Date Posted:05/16/09 12:11pm
Mass. judge orders release of prison documents
5/14/2009, 5:43 p.m. EDT
The Associated Press
(AP) — BOSTON - A judge has ordered Massachusetts prison officials to release documents related to a policy housing two inmates in cells originally used for one.
Thursday's Superior Court ruling came after the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on behalf of Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services.
The group said plans to move as many as 450 more prisoners to a maximum security center in Shirley is causing inmates to fear being placed in a cell with a known enemy or someone else who might attack them.
The ACLU asked the Massachusetts Department of Correction to document how it decides who is put into double cells and with whom. The lawsuit says prisoners believe some of the decisions seem arbitrary.
A Department of Correction spokeswoman said the state is considering if it will appeal.
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