context: As a preliminary matter, we are satisfied that the class definition Plaintiffs propose is sufficiently definite. Several courts, including this Court in Bowers, have certified similar classes in litigation regarding prison conditions.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 2009 WL 1560156, at *2
citation_a.parenthetical: certifying class consisting of "all persons who are now or will become incarcerated at [Passaic County Jail] during the pendency of this lawsuit"
citation_a.sentence: See Bowers I, 2006 WL 2818501, at *8 (certifying a class consisting of “[a]ll persons who have been or will in the future be held post-preliminary arraignment in the custody of the Philadelphia Police Department, including its districts or the Police Administration Building, or anywhere in the Philadelphia Prison System, pending intake/admissions processing, at the Philadelphia Prison System, who have been or will in the future be subjected to the conditions of confinement as set forth in Plaintiffs’ Complaint”); Harris v. Pernsley, 654 F.Supp. 1042, 1045 (E.D.Pa.1987) (approving settlement that required certification of a class consisting of “all individuals who are, or who have been, inmates of the Philadelphia prison system since April 30, 1980 and all future inmates of the Philadelphia prison system during the time the court retains jurisdiction over the ease”); see also Colon v. Passaic County, No. 08-4439, 2009 WL 1560156, at *2 (D.N.J. May 27, 2009) (certifying class consisting of “all persons who are now or will become incarcerated at [Passaic County Jail] during the pendency of this lawsuit”); Vandehey v. Vallario, No. 06-1405, 2008 WL 697428, at *21 (D.Colo.
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 654 F.Supp. 1042, 1045
citation_b.parenthetical: approving settlement that required certification of a class consisting of "all individuals who are, or who have been, inmates of the Philadelphia prison system since April 30, 1980 and all future inmates of the Philadelphia prison system during the time the court retains jurisdiction over the ease"
citation_b.sentence: See Bowers I, 2006 WL 2818501, at *8 (certifying a class consisting of “[a]ll persons who have been or will in the future be held post-preliminary arraignment in the custody of the Philadelphia Police Department, including its districts or the Police Administration Building, or anywhere in the Philadelphia Prison System, pending intake/admissions processing, at the Philadelphia Prison System, who have been or will in the future be subjected to the conditions of confinement as set forth in Plaintiffs’ Complaint”); Harris v. Pernsley, 654 F.Supp. 1042, 1045 (E.D.Pa.1987) (approving settlement that required certification of a class consisting of “all individuals who are, or who have been, inmates of the Philadelphia prison system since April 30, 1980 and all future inmates of the Philadelphia prison system during the time the court retains jurisdiction over the ease”); see also Colon v. Passaic County, No. 08-4439, 2009 WL 1560156, at *2 (D.N.J. May 27, 2009) (certifying class consisting of “all persons who are now or will become incarcerated at [Passaic County Jail] during the pendency of this lawsuit”); Vandehey v. Vallario, No. 06-1405, 2008 WL 697428, at *21 (D.Colo.