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Criminal Law

Former Inmates Sue County Jail Over Abuse and Abhorrent Conditions

Three former inmates are suing the Passaic County Jail, its warden and the county sheriff over a litany of alleged abuses they endured during their incarceration, including discrimination, negligence and a sexual assault by a former corrections officer. 

The lawsuits also claim abhorrent conditions within the 64-year-old compound: Black mold was ubiquitous, the cells had no heat in the winter, the showers were scorching hot and sewage backed up into the cells, among other things. 

Read the source article at NJ news from Bergen, Passaic

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