*286 ORDER

AND NOW, this 27th day of March, 1986, it is ORDERED as follows:

1. Plaintiffs’ Application to Proceed in Forma Pauperis is granted;

2. The name “Judge Samuel Strauss” is stricken from the caption;

3. Defendants’ Motion to Strike References to Classes from Caption and to Dismiss Petition is denied;

4. Plaintiffs’ Petition for Extraordinary Relief and/or Assumption of Original Mandamus Jurisdiction is granted. This Court hereby declares that the Act of June 19, 1911, P.L.1059, § 1, as amended, 61 P.S. § 314, is applicable to prisoners serving sentences of less than two (2) years’ imprisonment whether confined to state or county correctional facilities.