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JUVENILE INSTITUTION
K.Y. v. District of Columbia

1:24-cv-03056 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 28, 2024

This is a putative class action lawsuit about the District of Columbia's juvenile delinquency system. On October 28, 2024, two minors awaiting placement by the D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) filed this lawsuit through their parents in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. They alleged various problems with the DYRS placement process, which determines where minors who have committed juvenile offenses should be sent to best facilitate rehabilitati…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Disability Rights Pennsylvania v. Pennsylvania Department of Human Services

1:19-cv-00737 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 30, 2019

(This summary is temporary while we research the case further). In 2019, Disability Rights Pennsylvania filed suit against the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, alleging violations of the civil rights of youth with disabilities in state Youth Development Centers. The parties reached a settlement in May 2025. 
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Kennedy v. Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice

1:24-cv-00016 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Jan. 15, 2024

This is a case about a juvenile facility with allegations of abuse and neglect in Kentucky. Named plaintiffs, two juvenile individuals held at Adair County Youth Detention Center (ACYDC), filed a class action against the ACYDC, the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS), and various DJJ officials in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. The DJJ officials included its Commissioner, Executive Director of Of…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Doe 1 v. North Carolina Department of Public Safety

1:24-cv-00017 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Jan. 8, 2024

This is a case about solitary confinement of juveniles. On January 8, 2024, three incarcerated juvenile individuals filed a class action suit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. The plaintiffs sued North Carolina's Department of Public Safety (“NCDPS”) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by private counsel and the Council for Children’s Rights, they sought declaratory and injunctive relief and attorney’s fees. They challenged NCDPS's practice of solita…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
J.J. v. Litscher

3:17-cv-00047 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Jan. 23, 2017

On January 23, 2017, four minor children confined to the state juvenile facilities Copper Lake School for Girls and Lincoln Hills School for Boys filed this class action in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. The plaintiffs sued various state officials responsible for the facility under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants had violated their Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights by wrongfully and unlawfully imposing solitary confinement, mecha…
POLICING
United States v. City of Meridian

3:13-cv-00978 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Oct. 29, 2012

DOJ Investigation; Lawsuit (2011–2012) On December 1, 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division launched an investigation into the Meridian Police Department and the Lauderdale County Youth Court under 42 U.S.C. § 14141 and 42 U.S.C. § 2000d. The DOJ later expanded its investigation to include the Mississippi Division of Youth Services. On August 10, 2012, the DOJ published findings that these agencies had a pattern or pattern or practice of arresting public school studen…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
J.B.H. v. Knox County

4:24-cv-04096 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 28, 2024

This case concerns the use of solitary confinement in juvenile detention facilities. Named plaintiffs, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, filed a class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois. On May 28, 2024, an individual plaintiff, a 17-year-old boy who is currently detained at MDH, filed this lawsuit against the Mary Davis Detention Home (MDH). The plaintiff alleged that children at MDH spend the majority of their time in solit…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
A.A. v. Buckner

2:21-cv-00367 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 20, 2021

On May 20, 2021, the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Children's Rights, and Southern Poverty Law Center filed suit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama against the state's Department of Human Resources (DHR) commissioner on behalf of four teens with mental disabilities based on what they allege is the wrongful use of psychiatric residential treatment facilities (PRTFs) by the Alabama DHR. Plaintiffs allege that the DHR resorts to placing children in fost…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Doe 1 v. State of Tennessee

3:24-cv-00777 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: June 26, 2024

In this case, Tennessee children with disabilities allege that the State of Tennessee subjected children with disabilities to cruel and abhorrent treatment in Tennessee’s self-described “hardware security” juvenile detention facilities. The primary plaintiffs in this case are three Tennessee children with disabilities (specifically mental illness, intellectual disabilities, and behavior disorders) who have lived in Tennessee's juvenile justice facilities. The other plaintiff is Disability Right…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Doe 1 v. State of Tennessee

3:24-cv-00777 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: June 26, 2024

In this case, Tennessee children with disabilities allege that the State of Tennessee subjected children with disabilities to cruel and abhorrent treatment in Tennessee’s self-described “hardware security” juvenile detention facilities. The primary plaintiffs in this case are three Tennessee children with disabilities (specifically mental illness, intellectual disabilities, and behavior disorders) who have lived in Tennessee's juvenile justice facilities. The other plaintiff is Disability Right…