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JAIL CONDITIONS
Campbell v. McGruder

1:71-cv-01462 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 21, 1971

Closed Date: 2004

On July 21, 1971, pre-trial detainees at the District of Columbia Jail filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against the mayor of the District of Columbia and jail officials. The complaint sought declaratory and injunctive relief for a long list of violations of the inmates' Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment Constitutional rights. These included overcrowding, inadequate food, denial of access to counsel, inadequate medical services…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Inmates of D.C. Jail v. Jackson

1:75-cv-01668 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 7, 1975

Closed Date: 2003

On October 7, 1975, post-trial detainees at the District of Columbia jail brought a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia alleging that various conditions at the jail were unconstitutional. The plaintiff class was represented by the National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union. On May 24, 1976, the District Court (Judge William Benson Bryant) granted the plaintiffs' motion for partial summary judgment by hold…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Jerry M. v. District of Columbia

1519-85 | District of Columbia state trial court

Filed Date: March 1, 1985

On March 1, 1985, a class of juveniles confined at juvenile detention centers operated by the District of Columbia ("the District") filed a lawsuit against the District under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. They alleged unconstitutional conditions of confinement in violation of the juveniles' Fifth and Eighth Amendment rights. Plaintiffs specifically challenged the conditions of confinement at Cedar Knoll Youth Center and Oak Hill Youth Center, both in Laure…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Arias v. Wainwright

4:79-cv-00792 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: March 23, 1979

On March 23, 1979, prisoners in Florida's county jails filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Florida against the Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections. The class consisted of all persons who were or would be confined in the county jails. Southern Legal Counsel, the Florida Justice Institute, the ACLU National Prison Project, and private counsel represented the class. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Carruthers v. Israel (Jonas v. Stack)

0:76-cv-06086 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Aug. 10, 1976

On August 10, 1976, persons at North Broward Detention Center filed this action pro se in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The plaintiffs sued Broward County officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. At the time, the county's main jail was in the old courthouse where 1,200 inmates were packed into cells designed for 275. The Court appointed counsel and the parties went on to litigate the claims. We have only limited information on the first 18 years of the case; the docket …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Makinson v. Bonneville County

4:97-cv-00190 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: April 30, 1997

Closed Date: 2000

On April 30, 1997, incarcerated individuals at the Bonneville County Jail, represented by the ACLU, filed a class action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, challenging conditions of confinement at the jail.Simultaneously with the filing of the complaint, the parties lodged a proposed Consent Decree, Order and Judgment which settled the disputed issues as to inmate confinement, pending the completion of construction of a new Bonneville Coun…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Hamilton v. Schriro

2:69-cv-02443 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Oct. 21, 1969

Closed Date: 2013

This is one of a collection of § 1983 inmate cases filed in Louisiana federal courts to challenge the operation and conditions of confinement in the Louisiana prison system and in parish and city jails through Louisiana. These cases worked their way through the federal courts for three decades.This case originated in 1969 and pursuant to that action a class was certified consisting of those persons incarcerated in the facilities for Orleans Parish Prison system.On June 25, 1970, following a he…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Linn v. Foti

2:88-cv-03736 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Aug. 25, 1988

Closed Date: Sept. 1, 2000

This is one of a collection of § 1983 inmate cases filed in Louisiana federal courts to challenge the operation and conditions of confinement in the Louisiana prison system and in parish and city jails through Louisiana. This case involves a pro se lawsuit filed on August 25, 1988 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, alleging unconstitutional conditions of confinement while jailed at the Community Correctional Center and the House of Detention. Pro se plaintiffs s…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Jackson v. Artison

2:88-cv-00064 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 1988

Closed Date: April 24, 1996

In 1988, plaintiffs filed a class action suit in the district court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin on behalf of all present and future inmates at the Milwaukee County Jail. The court (Judge Thomas Curran) certified the class and consolidated several cases with similar issues, including Williams-El (JC-WI-003). In 1990, the court entered a consent decree to address overcrowding in the jail. Jackson v. Artison, 1990 WL 367622 (E.D. Wis. 1990). According to the docket from PACER, the co…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
John A and Mary B v. Castle

1:90-cv-00200 | U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

Filed Date: May 1, 1990

On May 1, 1990, male and female youth confined at the Ferris School and Bridge House in Wilmington, Delaware, filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Youth Rehabilitation Services (YRS) and the State of Delaware in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel and the National Prison Project of the ACLU, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that the defendants violated their Fourteenth Amendme…