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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…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Hertz v. Cleary

3AN-81-5274 | Alaska state trial court

Filed Date: 1981

Closed Date: Sept. 12, 1994

In 1981, inmates filed a class action lawsuit against the state of Alaska in state court challenging the conditions of Alaska's correctional facilities. The class consisted of all inmates who were or would be incarcerated in Alaska prisons and Alaska inmates serving sentences in federal facilities. In 1983, the parties entered into settlement agreements and several issues were reserved for trial, which was held in 1984. In 1985, the superior court entered an order setting population caps. A…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Nichols v. Hopper

2:86-cv-00461 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 2, 1986

Closed Date: April 23, 1999

In 1986, prisoners at the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka, Alabama, filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Alabama Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. The plaintiffs, represented by the Southern Center for Human Rights in Atlanta, alleged that the conditions of their confinement violated their rights under the United States Constitution. On October 5, 1987, the parties entered into a comprehensive settlement by conse…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Alabama v. Smith

CV-83-1262-P | Alabama state trial court

Filed Date: March 22, 1983

Under the impetus of federal litigation in Newman v. Alabama, on March 22, 1983, Alabama Commissioner of Corrections Freddie Smith instituted the Supervised Intensive Restitution (SIR) Program in the Alabama prison system. Under the program, which was created under Code of Alabama (1975) §14-8-61, the Alabama prisons released hundreds of inmates back into the general population, often several years before their sentences were completed. The prisoners were supervised and required to work, but …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Austin v. Haley

2:95-cv-00637 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 15, 1995

On May 15, 1995, inmates in the Alabama State Prison System filed this putative class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) and the Governor of Alabama. Plaintiffs were represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center and private attorneys. The lawsuit challenged several policies and practices within the state prison system, including the failure to provide adequate toilet fa…
PRISON CONDITIONS
1994-2002 CRIPA Investigation, Julia Tutwiler Prison, Wetumpka (AL)

No Court Case | No Court

In March of 1994, the United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, decided to investigate the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in Alabama pursuant to the Civil Rights of the Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997 et seq. The investigation consisted of three tours of the facility in late May/early June, July, and August of 1994 and revealed many unconstitutional conditions. Mental health care services were almost nonexistent at the facility. Mentally ill inmates in…
PRISON CONDITIONS
CRIPA Investigation, Clio (AL)

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On March 27, 1995, the Department of Justice sent a letter to the Governor of Alabama detailing their findings from the investigation in the Easterling Correctional Facility. The findings letter indicated that the prison was violating the constitutional rights of the inmates by denying them adequate medical care and subjecting them to inappropriate disciplinary practices. The letter indicated that in order to remedy the violations, the prison should provide inmates with regular physician evalua…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Jacobs v. Britton

1:78-00309 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 30, 1978

On February 22, 1980, the parties to this lawsuit entered into a consent decree that was approved by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. On July 1, 1997, the Alabama Department of Corrections (defendants) asked the court to terminate the consent decree pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), 18 U.S.C. §3626(b)(2), which provided for termination of prospective relief in certain cases.On July 8, 1997, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ala…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Pugh v. Locke

2:74-cv-00057 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Feb. 26, 1974

Closed Date: Nov. 27, 1984

In 1972, Alabama prisoners filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the State of Alabama in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. The plaintiffs, who were represented by a court-appointed attorney, asked the court to grant them declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that their constitutional rights had been violated by inadequate medical care.On October 4, 1972, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama (Judge Frank M. Johnson) fou…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Laube v. Haley

2:02-cv-00957 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Aug. 19, 2002

Closed Date: 2010

On August 19, 2002, female prisoners in Alabama filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. The prisoners sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging conditions of their confinement under the Eighth Amendment. This class action suit, brought on behalf of all female state prisoners in Alabama, was based on the following claims of unconstitutional conditions: overcrowding, inadequate supervision in open dorms, inadequate inmate classification, inmate violence, th…