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JAIL CONDITIONS
Howard v. Williams

2:20-cv-01389 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Sept. 15, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case is about jail conditions in the Allegheny County Jail (ACJ), particularly access to mental health care for incarcerated people with psychiatric disabilities. On September 15, 2020, five individuals then incarcerated at ACJ, represented by the Abolitionist Law Center, the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project, and a private firm, brought this putative class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on behalf of themselves and other persons with…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Richardson v. Kane

3:11-cv-02266 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Dec. 7, 2011

Closed Date: Sept. 29, 2022

On December 7, 2011, plaintiff, a male prisoner, filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania under Bivens against the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The plaintiff, represented by the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project and private counsel, asked the court for compensatory and punitive damages on behalf of himself and an injunction preventing defendants from continuing their allegedly unconstitutional housing, recreation, and restrai…
PRISON CONDITIONS
McGill, Jr. v. Clements

3:19-cv-01712 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 2019

Closed Date: Nov. 19, 2021

This case is about whether a correctional facility may house an inmate in solitary confinement for refusal to cut his hair as part of the inmate's religious beliefs. This case was filed by a pre-trial detainee at the Lebanon County Correctional Facility in Pennsylvania against the facility's warden, assistant warden, and head of security on October 3, 2019. The plaintiff, filing pro se, alleged in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania that the facility's officials were…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Remick v. City of Philadelphia

2:20-cv-01959 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 20, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action brought by individuals incarcerated in the Philadelphia Department of Prisons (Philadelphia's jail system), alleging that the conditions within the facility were unconstitutional, due to the plaintiffs' heightened risk of serious illness or death from COVID-19. The parties entered into a partial settlement agreement as to protective equipment, disinfectant, and monitoring, which was approved by the court on June 3. The plaintiffs twice moved for contempt…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Pratt v. Ott

1:20-cv-00171 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 22, 2021

On February 4, 2020, a person in pretrial detention at the Lebanon County Correctional Facility (LCCF) in Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit pro se in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania against LCCF personnel and Lebanon County. The plaintiff alleged that he was placed in administrative segregation for refusing to cut off his dreadlocks in accordance with his Rastafarian faith. The case was initially assigned to Judge Jennifer P. Wilson, and was reassigned to Chief Judge …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Chimenti v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

2:15-cv-03333 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: June 12, 2015

Closed Date: Oct. 18, 2022

On June 12, 2015, three individuals incarcerated and suffering from complications due to Hepatitis C viral infections filed this class action suit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiffs sued the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming violations of the Eighth Amendment, and of Article I § 13 of the Pennsylvania Constitution. Represented by private counsel and the PA Institutional Law Project, the plaintiffs alleged that th…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Victory v. Berks County

5:18-cv-05170 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Nov. 30, 2018

Case Ongoing

A woman incarcerated at Pennsylvania’s Berks County Jail filed this lawsuit against the County and several county officials and jail officials. Her complaint, filed November 30, 2018 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, alleged that the jail violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by discriminating against her on the basis of her sex: her “Trusty” security classification did not qualify her for lower-security housing in the off-site Comm…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Seitz v. Allegheny County

2:16-cv-01879 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 2016

Case Ongoing

On December 19, 2016, five pregnant women in Allegheny County Jail (ACJ) brought this suit against Allegheny County and jail officers in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Suing under § 1983, they alleged violations of their Eighth Amendment rights to be free from cruel and unusual punishment and their Fourteenth Amendment right to notice and opportunity to be heard via the Due Process Clause. Represented by the ACLU of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Institutiona…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Shelton v. Kane

3:11-cv-01618 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Aug. 29, 2011

Closed Date: 2017

On August 29, 2011, plaintiff, a male Muslim prisoner, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of the Middle District of Pennsylvania under Bivens and the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) against the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The plaintiff, represented by public interest lawyers, asked the court for compensatory and punitive damages on behalf of himself and an injunction preventing defendants from continuing their unconstitutional housing, recreation, and restraint patterns, practices and pol…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Williams v. City of Philadelphia

2:08-cv-01979 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 28, 2008

Closed Date: 2018

On April 28, 2008, inmates in the Philadelphia Prison System (PPS) filed a putative class-action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law against the City of Philadelphia and its Commissioner of Corrections. The plaintiffs, represented by the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project and the Disabilities Law Project, asked the court for injunctive and declaratory relief, claiming that PPS subjected inmates to dangerous, unsa…