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INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
John S. v. Cuomo

5:90-cv-00294 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: March 14, 1990

Closed Date: 1999

On March 14, 1990, attorneys for the Legal Services of Central New York filed a class action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983 on behalf of residents with intellectual disabilities of New York State psychiatric centers at Mohawk Valley, Hutchings and Binghamton in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. Plaintiffs alleged that the facilities at Mohawk Valley, Binghamton and Hutchings, as psychiatric centers, were not staffed or otherwise prepared to provide services, …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Eng v. Smith

1:80-cv-00385 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: May 5, 1980

Closed Date: 2002

On May 5, 1980, inmates of the Special Housing Unit in the Attica Correctional Facility in New York filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the New York Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. The plaintiffs, represented by the Legal Aid Society and Prisoners' Legal Services of New York, asked the Court for declaratory and injunctive relief and alleged the following constitutional violations: the use of excessive force by p…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Pou v. Coughlin

1:94-cv-05831 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 11, 1994

Closed Date: 1997

On August 11, 1994, inmates at the Sing Sing Correctional Facility in New York filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the New York Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs, represented by Prisoners' Legal Services of New York, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as compensatory and punitive damages, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated by exposure to asbestos during a ren…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Inmates of New York with HIV v. Cuomo

9:90-cv-00252 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: March 6, 1990

Closed Date: 2009

On March 6, 1990, a class of inmates infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus ("HIV") filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim against the New York Department of Corrections ("DOC") in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, challenging the DOC's delivery of medical, mental health, education, and preventative services. Plaintiffs, who were represented by the Prisoners' Rights Project Legal Aid Society, the New York State Department of Labor, and Prisoners' Leg…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Blissett v. Coughlin

1:84-cv-01049 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 14, 1984

Donovan Blissett, a prisoner at Attica Correctional Facility in New York, filed a pro-se civil rights lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York on September 14, 1984 against Attica prison guards and officials. The original complaint was amended and narrowed during the eight years leading to trial. The only remaining allegations at trial were that guards had used unnecessary force upon Blissett, had subjected him to unconstitutional conditions of confinement in a …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Mathis v. Henderson

80-7779 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: July 7, 1980

On July 7, 1980, prisoners of the state of New York filed a lawsuit under Article 78 of the New York Corrections Rules and Regulations against the New York State Department of Corrections in the New York Supreme Court. The plaintiffs, who were represented by Prisoners' Legal Services of New York, alleged that their rights had been violated by the unconstitutional deprivation of "outdoor exercise." The plaintiffs, who who were permitted to exercise outside of their cells for at least one hour e…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Abdul Wali v. Coughlin

6:84-00379 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: March 19, 1984

This case is part of the Clearinghouse's special collection on the Attica Uprising. In September of 1971, incarcerated people in New York's Attica Correctional Facility took control of the prison and took several staff members hostage. The uprising ended when state police violently stormed the prison, killing over 40 incarcerated people and staff members. Attica was one of the most significant events in the American prisoners' rights movement and drew public attention to poor conditions in pris…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Hurley v. Coughlin

1:77-cv-03847 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 8, 1977

In 1977, Michael Hurley filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against the Department of Correctional Services (DOCS), seeking to enjoin state correctional officers from routinely subjecting him to a strip frisk search in the absence of probable cause to believe that he has concealed contraband in his body. Plaintiff was represented by Prisoners' Legal Services of New York. The court (Judge Robert Lee Carter) granted the …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Kozlowski v. Coughlin

1:81-cv-05886 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 22, 1981

On September 22, 1981, New York state inmates filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the New York State Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs, represented by Prisoners Legal Services of New York, asked the District Court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated by the visitation procedures at the state prisons. On March 22, 1982, the U.S. Distric…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Anderson v. Coughlin

9:87-cv-00141 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 17, 1987

Closed Date: 2005

On December 17, 1987, prisoners at the Green Haven and Auburn State Correctional Facilities in New York filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the New York Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. The prisoners, represented by Prisoners' Legal Services of New York and the Prisoners' Rights Project Legal Aid Society, alleged that their civil rights had been violated by the disciplinary procedures used for mentally ill prisoners.On Febru…