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PRISON CONDITIONS
Fowler v. Turco

1:15-cv-12298 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: June 10, 2015

Closed Date: 2020

On June 10, 2015, inmates of the Massachusetts Department of Correction filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts. The plaintiffs sued the Massachusetts Partnership for Correctional Healthcare LLC (“MPCH”) and the Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Correction under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants had repeatedly shown deliberate indifference to the serious medical needs of plaintiffs and the members of the cla…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Doe v. Massachusetts Department of Corrections

1:17-cv-12255 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Nov. 15, 2017

Closed Date: July 8, 2019

The plaintiff in this case is a trans woman who was housed in a men's prison in Massachusetts for a nonviolent drug possession charge. Because of her gender presentation and identity, she faced degrading sexual harassment from both staff and other prisoners. She was forced to use communal showers and bathrooms without locks, and was subject to strip searches conducted by male staff in front of other prisoners. The living conditions and repeated sexual harassment during her time there prompted h…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Doe v. Patrick

1:14-cv-12813 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: June 30, 2014

Closed Date: July 15, 2016

On June 30, 2014, women civilly committed to the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Framingham (MCI Framingham) under Chapter 123, section 35 of Massachusetts law, filed this lawsuit in U.S. District Court in the District of Massachusetts. They sued the Massachusetts Department of Correction, under 42 U.S.C § 1983 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Represented by Prisoners Legal Services Inc., the ACLU of Massachusetts, and private counsel, they sought a preliminary and permanent i…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Nunes v. UMass Correctional Health

1:10-cv-12013 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Nov. 22, 2010

Closed Date: 2013

On November 22, 2010, HIV-positive prisoners incarcerated by the Massachusetts Department of Corrections ("DOC") filed a lawsuit against UMass Correctional Health and the Massachusetts DOC. They brought the case in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts under 42 U.S.C. § 1983; the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794, et seq.; and the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12131, et seq. The plaintiffs, represented by Massachusetts Prisoners' Legal Services, asked the Co…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Disability Law Center v. Massachusetts Department of Correction

1:07-cv-10463 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 8, 2007

Closed Date: 2017

On March 8, 2007, the Disability Law Center ("DLC") filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §12131, and § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. §794 against the Massachusetts Department of Correction ("DOC"). The DLC is the agency designated by the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, 42 U.S.C. §§10801 et seq. to pursue legal, administrative, and oth…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Cheek v. Massachusetts Parole Board

SJ-2021-0430 | Massachusetts state supreme court

Filed Date: Nov. 29, 2021

Case Ongoing

In 2021, ten people on parole sued the Massachusetts Parole Board, alleging that the board violated state law by denying termination of parole in virtually all cases. As a result, people were arbitrarily kept on parole for years or, in some cases, decades. Plaintiffs filed their complaint in the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County and were represented by Prison Legal Services and Swomley & Tennen, LLP. In 1955, Massachusetts passed GL c 127 § 130A, allowing the state to terminate an indiv…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Foster v. Commissioner of Corrections

20-12935 | Massachusetts state trial court

Filed Date: April 20, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: Prisoners represented by Prisoners Legal Services of Massachusetts filed this class action for prisoners with underlying medical conditions and old age, and prisoners incarcerated for alcohol and drug abuse, seeking release to decrease the population of prisoners and enable proper social distancing. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court denied the preliminary injunctive relief, but remanded to the Superior Court to adjudicate the merits of Eighth Amendment and Fourteenth Am…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Committee for Public Counsel Services v. Chief Justice of the Trial Court

20-12926 | Massachusetts state trial court

Filed Date: March 24, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is an emergency petition to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court seeking, among other responses, releases of many prisoners. On April 3, the court held that certain detainees were entitled a rebuttable presumption of release and to an expedited hearing within two business days on their motions for reconsideration of bail and required weekly reporting. The plaintiffs sought reconsideration, asking the court for further measures, but the Supreme Judicial Court affirmed …
PRISON CONDITIONS
CODING IN PROCESS
LaChance v. Commissioner

Massachusetts state trial court

Filed Date: 2006

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Cantell v. Commissioner of Correction et al.

1284-cv-0250 | Massachusetts state trial court

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 2012

Closed Date: March 30, 2022

On January 20, 2012, prisoners incarcerated in Massachusetts administrative segregation filed this class action in state court in Massachusetts. Represented by the Prisoners Legal Services of Massachusetts, the plaintiffs sued the Commissioner of Correction and superintendents of various correctional facilities for violations of their federal and state due process rights. Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged that the prison held the plaintiffs in segregation without informing them of a release …