1. As a pretrial detainee, Young said, he is in the custody of the court, not the Bureau of Prisons. 2. Bell dealt with the interests of pretrial detainees and not convicted prisoners. 3. In a dissenting opinion, Judge Betty Fletcher noted that many jail inmates are pretrial detainees, not yet convicted of any crimes. 4. Last week, the Justice Department, in an effort to get Young to reconsider, asserted in court papers that SAMs apply to pretrial detainees. 5. Remedy inhumane prison conditions and minimize number of pretrial detainees. |