District Court, D. Maryland May 17, 1978, Civ. H-77-113 (Johnson v. Levine)

ALEXANDER HARVEY, II, District Judge:

In this consolidated class action, the plaintiffs, who are state prisoners, are challenging as unconstitutional conditions of confinement at the Maryland House of Correction (the “MHC”), a medium-security penal institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services of the State of Maryland.