Case: CRIPA Investigation, Hinds County (MS) [1986]

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Filed Date: 1986

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Case Summary

Note: The only document the Clearinghouse has for this case is the 11/04/1986 Findings Letter. All information comes from that letter and the DOJ's yearly reports to Congress. On March 11, 1986, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice notified Hinds County, Mississippi that it intended to investigate conditions in the county detention center. On June 26, 1986, a state Chancery Court upon its own motion issued an order enjoining the confinement of persons to the detention c…

Note: The only document the Clearinghouse has for this case is the 11/04/1986 Findings Letter. All information comes from that letter and the DOJ's yearly reports to Congress.

On March 11, 1986, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice notified Hinds County, Mississippi that it intended to investigate conditions in the county detention center.

On June 26, 1986, a state Chancery Court upon its own motion issued an order enjoining the confinement of persons to the detention center under such conditions and requiring, instead, that they be housed in one of two local medical facilities.

On November 4, 1986, following the investigation, the DOJ notified the President of the Hinds County Board of Supervisors of its findings and made recommendations regarding treatment of non-criminal mentally ill detainees. It appears that the Attorney General did not file suit against the jail, so there was never a court proceeding.

Since the Chancery Court had enjoined the detention center from housing such mentally ill persons, the DOJ informed the County that they would monitor the facility for a reasonable period of time to ensure that the unconstitutional conditions of confinement that they observed would not recur. The DOJ was satisfied that the Detention Center was no longer confining noncriminal mentally ill persons without adequate safeguards and, therefore, closed the investigation.

Summary Authors

Lauren Cutson (5/23/2005)

Jessica Kincaid (3/1/2016)

People


Attorney for Plaintiff

Reynolds, William Bradford (District of Columbia)

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Documents in the Clearinghouse

Document

Findings Letter re: Hinds County Detention Center, Jackson, Mississippi

CRIPA Investigation, Hinds County

Nov. 4, 1986

Nov. 4, 1986

Findings Letter/Report

Docket

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Case Details

State / Territory: Mississippi

Case Type(s):

Jail Conditions

Key Dates

Filing Date: 1986

Case Ongoing: No

Plaintiffs

Plaintiff Description:

United States Department of Justice

Plaintiff Type(s):

Private Plaintiff

Public Interest Lawyer: Yes

Filed Pro Se: No

Class Action Sought: No

Class Action Outcome: Not sought

Defendants

Hinds County Detention Center (Hinds), County

Case Details

Causes of Action:

Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997 et seq.

Special Case Type(s):

Out-of-court

Available Documents:

None of the above

Outcome

Prevailing Party: Plaintiff

Nature of Relief:

None

Source of Relief:

Unknown

Issues

Medical/Mental Health:

Mental health care, general

Mental health care, unspecified

Type of Facility:

Government-run