U.S. v. Catalan-Roman.U.S. District Court SEGREGATION PRETRIAL pre·tri·al n. A proceeding held before an official trial, especially to clarify points of law and facts. adj. 1. Of or relating to a pretrial. 2. DETAINEE de·tain·ee n. A person held in custody or confinement: a political detainee. Noun 1. detainee - some held in custody political detainee U.S. v. Catalan-Roman, 329 F.Supp.2d 240 (D.Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. 2004). Two pretrial detainees filed a motion contesting their placement in administrative segregation administrative segregation n. Solitary confinement. after they were certified as being death-penalty eligible. The district court granted their motion, finding that death certification did not justify their automatic placement in administrative detention. The court noted that the detainees had resided in the general prison population without incident for over one year before being death-certified, there was no evidence that death-certified detainees were more likely to be disruptive or to take hostages, and their placement in administrative segregation eliminated their ability to establish mitigating evidence relative to their character and adjustment to life in prison. (Metropolitan Detention Center-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico) |
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