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Court Approves Settlement to Improve Conditions at Jefferson County Jail

News Release, Published:

Friday, November 20, 2009

Judge Ronald Leighton of U.S. District Court in Tacoma has approved a settlement agreement between the American Civil Liberties Union and Jefferson County officials to improve conditions for inmates at the Jefferson County Jail in Port Hadlock on the Olympic Peninsula.

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