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Miller v. Commissioner of Correction

92-P-665 | Massachusetts state trial court

Filed Date: April 9, 1984

On April 9, 1984, a patient at the Massachusetts Treatment Center for Sexually Dangerous Persons filed a pro se lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the Massachusetts Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (Judge Robert E. Keeton). The plaintiff alleged that the Department of Corrections had violated his civil rights by depriving him of his rights to reasonable telephone access, unopened privileged mail, and treatment for his mental problems due …
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McDonald v. Fair

86-80352 | Massachusetts state trial court

Filed Date: Jan. 21, 1986

On January 21, 1986, pregnant inmates at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution in Framingham, Massachusetts filed a class-action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the Massachusetts Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The plaintiffs asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated by poor medical care during their pregnancies. Specifically, they com…
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Handy v. Penal Institutions

86-05773 | Massachusetts state trial court

Filed Date: 1986

Closed Date: June 5, 1992

In October 1986, inmates at the Suffolk County House of Correction at Deer Island brought a complaint in state court alleging that defendants had allowed Deer Island to deteriorate to the point that it could safely be used to house prisoners. Plaintiffs cited fire hazards; unsanitary conditions; inadequate ventilation, heating, and plumbing; overcrowding; inadequate recreation areas; and a general threat to safety as complaints in their Section 1983 action. Plaintiffs were represented by membe…
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Trapp v. Dubois

95-00779 | Massachusetts state trial court

Filed Date: April 12, 1995

Closed Date: March 3, 2004

Plaintiffs, members of the Native American Spiritual Awareness Council and inmates at the North Central Correctional Institution at Gardner, brought suit in Massachusetts Superior Court against prison officials on April 12, 1995 alleging violations of their rights to religious freedom and moved for a preliminary injunction. There is no indication of whether plaintiffs were represented by counsel. After a hearing and agreement of the parties, Judge Kottmyer granted a preliminary injunction on M…
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Welsh v. Dept. of Correction

00-04998 | Massachusetts state trial court

Filed Date: 2000

Closed Date: April 9, 2001

Plaintiff and "intervenors," inmates at Souza Baranowski Correctional Center, were subject to G.L.c. 22E Sec. 3 which required persons convicted of certain crimes to submit samples of their deoxyribonucleic acid ("DNA"). Plaintiff and the intervenors sued in state court seeking, inter alia, a declaration that 103 C.M.R. Sec. 405.18 and the DNA Assessment Procedures promulgated by the defendant Department of Correction relating to the determination of indigence and assessment of costs of collec…
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Mathis v. Henderson

80-07779 | 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…
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Bones v. Warden, NYC Correctional Institution for Men

Docket No. Not Available | New York state trial court

Filed Date: 1973

In 1973, an inmate at the New York City Correctional Institution for Men filed a lawsuit under Article 78 against the warden of the prison in the New York Supreme Court. The plaintiff alleged that he suffered a disciplinary deprivation of good time in violation of his due process rights. On January 8, 1974, the Court (Judge Ernst H. Rosenberger) granted declaratory and injunctive relief to the plaintiff, holding that he had not been afforded the necessary due process when the defendants faile…
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People ex rel. Carillo v. Basilone

99-52745 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: 1999

In 1999, 54 newly sentenced prisoners confined at Rikers Island Correctional Facility in New York filed lawsuits under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the New York State Department of Corrections in the New York State Supreme Court. The petitions were consolidated into this case, in which the plaintiffs asked the court to transfer them to state correctional facilities. The inmates were sentenced to a period of incarceration in a state facility but, pursuant to a contract between it and the city, they…
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Judge Rotenberg Educational Center, Inc. v. Commissioner of the Department of Mental Retardation

86E-0018-G1 | Massachusetts state trial court

Filed Date: 1986

The Judge Rotenberg Educational Center (JRC), formerly known as the Behavioral Research Institute, is a Massachusetts-based residential care facility for children and young adults with severe autism, mental impairments, and mental illnesses associated with behavioral problems. JRC is known for its use of aversive treatments, especially electric shock therapies, to disincentivize undesirable behaviors. As a result of its use of aversive treatments, JRC has been controversial and the subject of s…
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Crain v. Bordenkircher

No. 17176 | West Virginia state supreme court

Filed Date: 1981

In 1981, a prisoner at the West Virginia Penitentiary at Moundsville (WVP) filed a habeas corpus petition against the Warden and Commissioner of the Department of Corrections (DOC) in the Circuit Court of Marshall County. Similar petitions by other WVP inmates were consolidated and the action proceeded as a class action. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel and the Appalachian Research and Defense Fund, asked the court for habeas, declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that con…