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JAIL CONDITIONS
Brenneman v. Madigan

3:70-01911 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 8, 1970

On September 8, 1970, five pretrial detainees filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, on behalf of themselves and all others awaiting trial in the Greystone section of the Santa Rita Rehabilitation Center in California. The named defendants were the Sheriff and the members of the Board of Supervisors of Alameda County where the facility was located. The plaintiffs claimed that conditions at the facility were cruel and unusual…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Benjamin v. Horn

1:75-cv-03073 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: June 24, 1975

This case was consolidated for enforcement purposes with Ambrose v. Malcolm; Detainees of Queens House of Detention v. Malcolm; Detainees of Brooklyn House of Detention for Men v. Malcolm; Maldonado v. Ciuros; Forts v. Malcolm; and Rosenthal v. Malcolm. The summary below includes all of these in the consolidated form, but more information about each individual case is included in the "Related Cases" section. On June 24, 1975, a group of pretrial detainees at Rikers Island Detention Center for M…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Herrera v. Pierce County

3:95-cv-05025 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Jan. 19, 1995

Closed Date: 2011

On January 19, 1995, inmates at the Pierce County Detention and Corrections Center ("PCDCC") in Tacoma Washington filed a class action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington against the County, and various agencies responsible for the operation of the PCDCC. Plaintiffs were represented by Columbia Legal Services, Northwest Justice Project, and private attorneys.On October 31, 1995, the parties entered into a temporary stipulated order …
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Doe v. Holladay

1:77-00074 | U.S. District Court for the District of Montana

Filed Date: June 17, 1977

Closed Date: April 1, 1982

In May 1977, male juvenile students in a Montana correctional institution filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the Pine Hills School ("PHS") correctional institution. Plaintiffs, represented by Montana Legal Services Association and the National Juvenile Law Center of St. Louis University, complained primarily of the policies directed toward the maximum-security unit at PHS.…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Willie M. v. Hunt

3:79-cv-00294 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Oct. 5, 1979

Closed Date: 1998

On October 5, 1979, a class action lawsuit was filed against the State of North Carolina in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina on behalf of all institutionalized children who were both assaultive or violent and emotionally or behaviorally disturbed. The plaintiffs were represented by Carolina Legal Assistance for Mental Health, the Juvenile Justice Legal Advocacy Project, and private counsel. The plaintiffs sought injunctive and declaratory relief purs…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Johnnie K. v. Curry Co.

1:81-cv-00914 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Nov. 4, 1981

On November 4, 1981, juveniles confined in the Curry County Jail in New Mexico filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1988, and the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, 42 U.S.C. § 5601 et seq., in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico against Curry County, county commissioners, the sheriff, District Court Judges, and Children's Court Judges. The class consists of all juveniles who were incarcerated as of November 4, 1981 and who would be confined in …
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Daratsakis v. Smith

1:76-03218 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 20, 1976

Closed Date: 1977

On July 20, 1976, children placed at the Children's Center in New York City filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the director of the Children's Center, along with administrators and the assistant commissioner of the Department of Social Services. The class consisted of children who were placed at or were subject to placement at the Children's Center. The Legal Aid Society of the City of New York, Juvenile Ri…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Hernandez v. Carroll

76-41973 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: 1976

Closed Date: Jan. 17, 1977

Sometime in 1976, juveniles detained at the Bronx Family Courthouse filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the County of New York against several judges and administrators of New York State and city agencies. The Legal Aid Society, Juvenile Rights Division represented the plaintiffs. The court entered a consent decree on January 17, 1977. The consent decree stated that the new Bronx Family Courthouse would be ready for full occupancy, including the detention rooms, on…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Jane B. v. N.Y. City Dept. of Social Serv.

1:87-cv-02470 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 13, 1987

Closed Date: 1991

On April 13, 1987, two female juveniles filed a class action civil rights lawsuit against the New York City Department of Social Services in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs, represented by Legal Aid Society, Juvenile Rights Division, alleged that the Ashford and Hegeman Diagnostic Reception Centers were overcrowded, had a high incidence of physical violence and verbal abuse among staff and residents, had frequent drug and alcohol abuse, an…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
McRedmond v. Wilson

1:74-04948 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Nov. 12, 1974

Sometime before July 23, 1975, a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York by all children classified as Persons in Need of Supervision (PINS) and placed in residential training schools by the New York State Family Courts against the State of New York and various state officers. The plaintiffs, represented by the Legal Aid Society initially and then by private counsel on appeal, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and sought injunc…