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, ...
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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.
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