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Prison Conditions at the Extreme

Legal and Political Issues in the Closing of West Virginia's Prisons for Men and Women

RICHARD A. BALL

West Virginia University

This article examines the prison conditions in West Virginia leading to the closing of both the Women's Prison and the Penitentiary. It focuses on the Crain v. Bordenkircher case surrounding conditions at the Penitentiary, tracing the struggle over prison conditions from the inmate lawsuit of 1981 to the opening of a new penitentiary in the mid-1990s. Theoretical issues surrounding judicial intervention are also examined.

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, Vol. 13, No. 1, 55-72 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/1043986297013001005
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