Ruiz v. Estelle
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ruiz-v-estelle-225-1317673
title:
Ruiz v. Estelle
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Ruiz v. Estelle, 503 F. Supp. 1265, filed in United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, eventually became the most far-reaching lawsuit on the conditions of prison incarceration in American history. It began as a civil action, a handwritten petition filed against the Texas Department of Corrections (TDC) in 1972 by inmate David Resendez Ruíz alleging that the conditions of his incarceration, such as overcrowding, lack of access to health care, and abusive security practices
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruiz_v._Estelle
date created:
2009-11-04T18:42:42Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T16:37:44Z
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