Special Collection: Deaf or Blind in Jail/Prison

Black and white photo of a prisoner signing to a videophone.

Prisoner signing to a videophone.

Photo: Annie Flanagan

This collection gathers cases addressing the needs of incarcerated people who are deaf/hard-of-hearing or blind/low vision. It accompanies a Clearinghouse white paper that uses these cases to compile suggested practices for jail/prison facilities.

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JAIL CONDITIONS
Wood County ADA Investigation

NA | No Court

In 1997, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Wood County Sheriff's Department negotiated a settlement agreement after the DOJ investigated the County under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA…

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JAIL CONDITIONS
Lackawanna County ADA Investigation

No Court Case | No Court

A deaf inmate filed a complaint with the United States Department of Justice against the Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, Sheriff's Department under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("…

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JAIL CONDITIONS
Chester County Prison ADA Investigation

DJ 204-62-70 | No Court

In 1994, a deaf inmate incarcerated at the Chester County Prison filed a complaint with the Department of Justice under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). That inmate alleged tha…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
DOJ ADA investigation of Huron Valley Women's Prison

NA | No Court

This out-of-court investigation of the Huron Valley Correctional Facility was launched in September 2010 by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights Sect…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
U.S. v. South Carolina Department of Corrections

Never filed | No Court

Filed Date: 2018

Case Ongoing

In March 2018, the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) and the United States reached a settlement agreement following an investigation of SCDC’s accommodations to inmates with hearing dis…

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DISABILITY RIGHTS
United States and Yakima County Agreement

Not filed | No Court

The United States Attorney General’s Office and Yakima County, Washington, reached a settlement agreement to improve the County’s adherence to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 in June of 2…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Livingston v. Beeman

13-0867 | Texas state trial court

Filed Date: 2010

Deaf persons incarcerated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) sued TDCJ's Executive Director (ED) alleging that he violated the Texas Human Resources Code (THRC) by failing to reasonab…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
DOJ ADA Investigation of Vermont Department of Corrections

No Court

The Disability Rights Section of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division (“DOJ”) initiated an investigation into the Vermont Department of Corrections (“VDOC”) following complaints tha…

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JAIL CONDITIONS
DOJ ADA Investigation of Virginia Regional Jail Authority

No Court

The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) initiated an investigation into the Central Virginia Regional Jail (“CVRJ”), run by the Virginia Regional Jail Authority (“VRJA”) following a complaint…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
DOJ ADA Investigation of Utah Department of Corrections

No Court

The Special Litigation section of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division (“DOJ”) initiated an investigation into the Utah Department of Corrections (“UDOC”) upon receipt of a complain…

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DISABILITY RIGHTS
DOJ Investigation of Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry

204-8-265 | No Court

This investigation concerns allegations of discrimination against incarcerated persons with vision disabilities by the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR). On July 1…

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DISABILITY RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
DOJ Investigation of Scott County Sheriff's Office

No Court

(This summary is temporary while we research the case.) This entry relates to an investigation conducted by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division after it received a com…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Mackes v. Colorado Department of Corrections

1:21-cv-01100 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: April 21, 2021

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit was filed on April 21, 2021 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado by two blind men in the custody of the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) as well as the Nation…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Center for Legal Advocacy v. Colorado Department of Corrections

1:21-cv-00792 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: March 18, 2021

Case Ongoing

On March 18, 2021, the Center for Legal Advocacy, d/b/a Disability Law Colorado (“DLC”), a federally mandated protection and advocacy (“P&A”) organization for the State of Colorado, filed this lawsui…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Center for Legal Advocacy v. Colorado Department of Corrections

1:21-cv-00792 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: March 18, 2021

Case Ongoing

On March 18, 2021, the Center for Legal Advocacy, d/b/a Disability Law Colorado (“DLC”), a federally mandated protection and advocacy (“P&A”) organization for the State of Colorado, filed this lawsui…

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JAIL CONDITIONS
Ray v. Madison Co.

1:20-cv-02973 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Nov. 13, 2020

Closed Date: June 23, 2021

On November 21, 2018, the plaintiff, a deaf woman, was arrested by the Anderson Police Department and transported to the Madison County Jail. The plaintiff was handcuffed behind her back while she wa…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Montoya v. Colorado Department of Corrections

1:20-cv-03345 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Nov. 9, 2020

Closed Date: Dec. 8, 2022

On November 9, 2020, a blind woman incarcerated in the custody of the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) filed this pro se lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The …

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Rowe v. IMPD

1:20-cv-01373 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: May 13, 2020

Closed Date: June 23, 2021

In 2018, a deaf individual called 911 using a video relay interpretive service on his cell phone after being threatened by his roommate. At least one of the responding Indianapolis Metropolitan Polic…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Trivette v. Tennessee Department of Correction

3:20-cv-00276 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: March 31, 2020

Case Ongoing

On March 31, 2020, a deaf man in the custody of the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) and Disability Rights Tennessee (DRT), the state protection and advocacy entity, filed this lawsuit in th…

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JAIL CONDITIONS
Dunsmore v. State of California

3:20-cv-00406 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: March 2, 2020

Case Ongoing

This class action lawsuit alleged that the San Diego County Jail denied proper health accommodations to detainees. On March 2, 2020, a jail detainee filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for …

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DISABILITY RIGHTS
Rinkel v. D.O.C.

62-cv-19-1165 | Minnesota state trial court

Filed Date: Feb. 21, 2019

Closed Date: Dec. 10, 2020

On February 21, 2019, 5 deaf individuals, 4 of whom were at the time or had previously been incarcerated in the state of Minnesota, filed suit against the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) in…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Rabinkov v. Colorado Department of Corrections

1:18-cv-02926 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Nov. 14, 2018

Closed Date: May 3, 2022

On November 14, 2018, a group of deaf prisoners in custody at the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) filed a putative class action against the CDOC alleging violations of the ADA and the Rehab…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Yeh v. United States Bureau of Prisons

3:18-cv-00943 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: May 3, 2018

Closed Date: June 16, 2020

On May 3, 2018, a deaf individual in federal custody at Schuylkill Satellite Camp in Minersville, Pennsylvania filed this lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The plaintiff, represented by…

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JAIL CONDITIONS
Murray v. Santa Barbara

2:17-cv-08805 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 2017

Case Ongoing

On December 6, 2017, several prisoners of the Santa Barbara County Jail (SBCJ) in pre-trial detention filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Sabata v. Nebraska Department of Correctional Services

4:17-cv-03107 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: Aug. 15, 2017

Closed Date: Dec. 1, 2020

On August 15, 2017, eleven prisoners filed a putative class action complaint against the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS) and the Nebraska Board of Parole (BOP) in the U.S. Distric…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Rogers v. Colorado Department of Corrections

1:16-cv-02733 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Nov. 3, 2016

Case Ongoing

On November 3, 2016, a woman incarcerated in the custody of the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility filed this pro se lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The plaintiff s…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Levy v. Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections

3:16-cv-00542 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Aug. 16, 2016

Case Ongoing

On August 16, 2016, probationers and parolees who were deaf or had hearing impairments and who were under the control and supervision of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections ("LD…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Coen v. Georgia Department of Corrections

5:16-cv-00353 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: Aug. 3, 2016

Closed Date: 2018

On August 3, 2016, a prisoner with a hearing disability incarcerated at Central State Prison in Georgia filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. The plaintiff…

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JAIL CONDITIONS
SDNY's ADA Investigation of the NYC Department of Correction

No Court

Filed Date: July 6, 2016

Case Ongoing

On July 6, 2016, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York sent a report to the New York City Department of Corrections (DOC) detailing their investigation into the DOC’s compl…

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JAIL CONDITIONS
Avitia v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

2:16-cv-04818 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: June 30, 2016

Closed Date: Feb. 17, 2017

On June 30, 2016 a deaf resident of California, together with the Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness (“GLAD”), filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California…

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JAIL CONDITIONS
Martos v. Miami-Dade County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

1:16-cv-21501 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: April 28, 2016

Closed Date: Oct. 24, 2016

On April 28, 2016, Disability Rights Florida brought this lawsuit against the Miami-Dade Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (MDCR) on behalf of two deaf persons (Plaintiffs A and B) who had…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Brown v. Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

1:16-cv-00945 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 30, 2016

Closed Date: June 6, 2019

Nine current and former inmates at Roxbury Correctional Institute who are blind brought a discrimination lawsuit against the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services in the U.S. District…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Disability Rights Florida v. Jones

4:16-cv-00047 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Jan. 26, 2016

Case Ongoing

Disability Rights Florida ("DRF"), brought this suit against the Florida Department of Corrections ("FDOC") in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida on January 26, 2016. The pl…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
In re Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services / Wright Petition II

12-00375 | U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Filed Date: Jan. 25, 2016

Case Ongoing

This is a matter before the Federal Communications Commission, dealing with high charges for prisoner phone calls. It is a continuation of the FCC matter CC Docket 96-128 regarding the First and Alte…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Briggs v. Mass. Dept. of Corrections

1:15-cv-40162 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Nov. 24, 2015

Case Ongoing

On November 24, 2015, several inmates with hearing disabilities filed this class action in the District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The plaintiffs sued the Massachusetts Department of Co…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
McBride v. Michigan Department of Corrections

2:15-cv-11222 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: March 31, 2015

Closed Date: Dec. 12, 2023

On March 31, 2015, three incarcerated people filed this putative class action lawsuit against the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC), alleging that MDOC was discriminating against them and oth…

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JAIL CONDITIONS
Zemedagegehu v. Arthur and related DOJ matter

1:15-cv-00057 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Jan. 15, 2015

Closed Date: 2017

On January 15, 2015, a deaf, Ethiopian-born American citizen filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The plaintiff sued the Arlington County Sheriff and Vi…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Hollihan v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

3:15-cv-00005 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Jan. 2, 2015

Closed Date: March 21, 2020

On January 2, 2015, a prisoner in Pennsylvania sued the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections ("PDOC"), several of its employees and administrators in their official and individual capacities, as we…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Braggs v. Dunn

2:14-cv-00601 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: June 17, 2014

Case Ongoing

This case concerns alleged systemic failures to provide mental and physical healthcare in Alabama prisons. On June 17, 2014, prisoners and the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (“ADAP”) filed thi…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
VanValkenburg v. Oregon Department of Corrections

3:14-cv-00916 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: June 6, 2014

Closed Date: June 30, 2017

A jury awarded this deaf incarcerated person $400,000 under state anti discrimination laws (D. Or.)
PRISON CONDITIONS
Hacker v. Cain

3:14-cv-00063 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2014

Closed Date: Jan. 10, 2018

On January 30, 2014, an inmate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. The plaintiff initially filed the suit…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Adams & Knights v. Kentucky

3:14-cv-00001 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Jan. 1, 2014

Closed Date: Dec. 24, 2020

On January 1, 2014, represented by private counsel and the Washington Lawyers' Committee Prisoners Rights Project, deaf and hard of hearing prisoners in the Kentucky prison system filed a lawsuit in …

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JAIL CONDITIONS
Hernandez v. County of Monterey

5:13-cv-02354 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 23, 2013

Case Ongoing

On May 23, 2013, prisoners and recently released prisoners from Monterey County Jail filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs sued the Cou…

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JAIL CONDITIONS
Pierce v. District of Columbia

1:13-cv-00134 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 1, 2013

Closed Date: 2016

On February 1, 2013, a deaf jail inmate filed this lawsuit on behalf of himself in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiff claimed that the officials at DC’s Correctional …

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Berke v. Federal Bureau of Prisons

1:12-cv-01347 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 14, 2012

Closed Date: 2013

On August 14, 2012, a deaf individual awaiting his BOP surrender date filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court of the District of Columbia. The plaintiff sued the Federal Bureau of Pris…

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JAIL CONDITIONS
Lawrence v. City of Englewood, Colorado

1:12-cv-01423 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: May 31, 2012

Closed Date: March 8, 2016

On August 13, 2011, a deaf individual who communicated primarily through American Sign Language (ASL) was arrested by officers in the Englewood Police Department (EPD) who deprived him of access to c…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Baldridge v. Oregon Department of Corrections

120404976 | Oregon state trial court

Filed Date: April 20, 2012

Closed Date: 2014

On April 20, 2012, a deaf prisoner incarcerated at a facility managed by the Oregon Department of Corrections filed this lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Oregon. The plaintiff sued the Oregon Departme…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Jarboe v. Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

1:12-cv-00572 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 23, 2012

Case Ongoing

On February 23, 2012, five Maryland state prisoners who are deaf filed a class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland against the Maryland Department of Publi…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Smith v. Reinke

1:12-cv-00030 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: Jan. 23, 2012

Closed Date: 2015

On January 23, 2012, a deaf inmate incarcerated at the Idaho State Correctional Institution filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. The plaintiff sued the Idaho Depart…

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JAIL CONDITIONS
Scott v. City and County of Denver

1:12-cv-00053 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Jan. 10, 2012

Closed Date: 2014

On January 10, 2012, a deaf individual who had been arrested and detained on a number of occasions since 2007 for violating his probation in Denver, CO, filed this complaint in the U.S. District Cour…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
David v. Indiana Department of Correction

1:12-cv-00001 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Jan. 3, 2012

Closed Date: March 5, 2012

On January 3, 2012, a deaf prisoner filed a lawsuit against the Indiana Department of Correction in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Represented by the ACLU of I…

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JAIL CONDITIONS
Siaki v. Darr

1:11-cv-03074 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Nov. 23, 2011

Closed Date: Sept. 27, 2014

This case, filed in federal court in 2011 and settled in 2012, addressed the Adams County Sheriff’s Department and its communication with deaf individuals incarcerated in its jail. The case’s complai…

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JAIL CONDITIONS
Rodriguez v. County of El Paso

3:11-cv-00389 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Sept. 21, 2011

Closed Date: July 9, 2012

This jail conditions case was brought in December 2011 by a deaf man who speaks American Sign Language and has little or no ability to lip read. He has very limited ability to read or write in either…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Heyer v. United States Bureau of Prisons

5:11-ct-03118 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: June 20, 2011

Closed Date: April 26, 2022

This case is about access to communication and auxiliary aids for deaf people in federal prison. On June 20, 2011, two deaf prisoners filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the We…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Holmes v. Godinez

1:11-cv-02961 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 4, 2011

Closed Date: Aug. 18, 2023

On May 04, 2011, deaf and hard of hearing prisoners filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against officials at the Illinois Department of Co…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Bryant v. Federal Bureau of Prisons

2:11-cv-00254 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 7, 2011

On January 7, 2011, a prisoner in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons at Victorville filed this complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The plaintiff, a …

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Medina v. Fischer

1:11-cv-00176 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 4, 2011

Closed Date: July 22, 2016

On January 4, 2011, visually impaired and blind inmates at Sullivan and Wende Correctional Facilities filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Johnson v. Florida Department of Corrections

4:10-cv-00570 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Dec. 23, 2010

Closed Date: May 30, 2013

On December 23, 2010, a deaf man in the custody of the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC)  filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. He sued FDOC alleg…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Minnis v. Johnson

1:10-cv-00096 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Jan. 29, 2010

Closed Date: March 30, 2016

On January 29, 2010, prisoners in the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) who were deaf or hard of hearing filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Garcia v. Tucker

4:07-cv-00474 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Nov. 7, 2007

Closed Date: 2012

On November 7, 2007, a hearing-impaired inmate at Polk Correctional Institution in Polk City, FL, filed this lawsuit, pro se, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. He sued …

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Cobbs v. Pramstaller

1:07-cv-14644 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Oct. 30, 2007

Closed Date: Sept. 21, 2012

On October 30, 2007, a state prison inmate filed a §1983 lawsuit against the Chief Medical Officer of the Michigan Department of Corrections' Bureau of Health Care Services and three unnamed individu…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Peralez v. Washington State Department of Corrections

3:06-cv-05625 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Oct. 26, 2006

Closed Date: 2010

On October 26, 2006, Plaintiff, a disabled former prisoner in the Washington State Department of Corrections, filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washing…

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JUVENILE INSTITUTION
USA v. Youth Services International, Inc.

1:06-cv-01760 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: July 11, 2006

Closed Date: July 28, 2006

A deaf juvenile resided in a Maryland juvenile correctional facility operated by a contracting corporation, Youth Services International, Inc. ("YSI"). YSI operated this facility and over a dozen mo…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Bernard v. State of Hawaii

1:02-cv-00367 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: June 18, 2002

Closed Date: 2004

On June 18, 2002, deaf inmates filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii against the Public Safety Department of Hawaii, the Hawaii Parolin…

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JAIL CONDITIONS
Padilla v. Ryan

5:98-cv-20309 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 7, 1998

Closed Date: 1999

On April 7, 1998, several past and present prisoners at and visitors to Santa Clara County jail facilities who are deaf and rely on sign language for effective communication filed a class action laws…

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JAIL CONDITIONS
Gordon v. Texas

4:98-cv-00394 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Feb. 11, 1998

Closed Date: Nov. 22, 1999

On February 13, 1996, the plaintiff, a deaf high school student, was detained by the Houston Police Department (HPD) at the Houston City Jail. Plaintiff alleged that HPD repeatedly refused to obtain …

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Armstrong v. Newsom

4:94-cv-02307 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 29, 1994

Case Ongoing

On June 29, 1994, eleven California state prisoners and parolees with disabilities filed this lawsuit against the California Department of Corrections—now the California Department of Corrections and…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Duffy v. Riveland

2:92-cv-01596 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Oct. 13, 1992

Closed Date: 2002

In 1992 and 1993, a deaf inmate incarcerated at the Washington State Reformatory at Monroe, Washington, filed two pro se suits in the U.S. District Court for the Western District Of Washington conten…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Montez v. Owens

1:92-cv-00870 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: May 5, 1992

Case Ongoing

This federal lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, in 1992, by six incarcerated individuals with disabilities who alleged that Colorado's prisons did not comply w…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Clarkson v. Coughlin

1:91-cv-01792 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 15, 1991

Case Ongoing

On March 15, 1991, deaf inmates at state prisons in New York filed a class action lawsuit under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12131, against the New York State Department of …

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Bonner v. Lewis

2:86-cv-01771 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Oct. 27, 1986

Closed Date: 1988

Plaintiff was an inmate at the Arizona State Prison. He is deaf, mute, and suffers from a severe progressive vision loss which results in increasingly narrow tunnel vision. In 1986, Plaintiff filed s…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Pyles v. Kamka

1:79-01864 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Oct. 4, 1979

Closed Date: Feb. 27, 1980

On October 4, 1979, a deaf Maryland prisoner filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, against officials of the Maryland Department of …

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