UPPER MARLBORO, MD: "A lawsuit filed in federal court claims one-third of the population in the Prince George’s County jail is being unlawfully detained. The lawsuit alleges that every night, hundreds of people are jailed awaiting trial in Prince George’s county despite the absences of any legally sufficient order that they be detained.

“No court has found that they are too dangerous to be released,” the complaint reads. “Nor has any court found that they would be a flight risk if released. In fact, the opposite is true. A judge has decided that each of these people could safely be released into the community with appropriate conditions."

The nine plaintiffs in the case are represented by attorneys from WilmerHale, the Civil Rights Corps., and Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection. The lawsuit describes a system where people routinely find themselves stuck behind bars with no explanation given as to why they remain there."

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