Criminal
Aug. 28, 2014
Monterey inmates seek immediate changes for 'life-threatening' issues
A preliminary injunction motion filed Tuesday in an ongoing federal lawsuit against the jail asks for a court order to force the county to fix a handful of problems before the case is set to go to trial next September.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Lawyers for inmates in the Monterey County Jail on Tuesday filed a preliminary injunction motion seeking immediate changes to six aspects of the jail they've deemed life-threatening and unconstitutional.
A federal lawsuit filed last year to remedy what attorneys say is substandard medical care in the jail just isn't moving fast enough, said Michael Bien, a partner at San Francisco-based Rose...
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