ACLU Sues a Pennsylvania County for Detaining Probation Violators for Months With No Hearings
27 October 2021
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27 October 2021
A Pennsylvania county is locking up alleged probation violators for months with no court hearings to examine their cases, the American Civil Liberties Union claims in a class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday, in which the plaintiffs argue that the practice is an unconstitutional deprivation of liberty. Montgomery County, just north of Philadelphia, has a practice of detaining people in jail for probation violations and waiting weeks or months before providing them a judicial hearing to determine whether they should be returned to prison. The ACLU argues in its suit filed before the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania that this practice denies these ...
ACLU Sues a Pennsylvania County for Detaining Probation Violators for Months With No Hearings
A Supreme Court ruling requires due process before sending these people back to jail. That’s not happening in Montgomery County.
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