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JUVENILE INSTITUTION
U.S. v. Mississippi

3:03-cv-01354 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Dec. 18, 2003

Closed Date: Aug. 19, 2014

In 2002, the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division ("DOJ") conducted investigations, aided by expert consultants in juvenile justice administration, psychology, medicine, education, and sanitation, at two military-style juvenile facilities ("Oakley" and "Columbia") operated by the state of Mississippi. In June 2003, DOJ notified the state in a findings letter that the investigations revealed that the facilities deprived the resident juveniles of rights under the First, Eighth and F…
JAIL CONDITIONS
U.S. CRIPA investigation of Orange County (CA) Jail

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On March 14, 2014, the Special Litigation Section of the DOJ Civil Rights Division notified the Orange County Jail on December 23, 2008 that it would be initiating an investigation. The investigation focused on protection from harm; use of force; unlawful searches; discriminatory treatment based on race, color, or national origin; medical and mental health care; and environmental conditions. During the Division’s initial round of inspections, it reported serious issues including excessive use o…
JAIL CONDITIONS
CRIPA Investigation of the Westchester County Jail, Valhalla, New York

No Court Case | No Court

On August 30, 2007 the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) notified the County of Westchester that it was opening an investigation into the conditions of the Westchester County Jail (“WCJ”) in Valhalla, New York , pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1997 et seq. On November 19, 2009, the DOJ sent it its Findings Letter to the WCJ. The letter stated that certain conditions at the jail violated the constitutional rights of inmates. In particular, the WCJ failed t…
JAIL CONDITIONS
U.S. v. State of Hawaii [Oahu Correctional Center]

1:08-cv-00585 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: Dec. 29, 2008

Closed Date: June 25, 2015

On June 16, 2005, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, acting pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997, commenced an investigation into mental health care conditions and practices at the Oahu Community Correctional Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. Based on its investigation, the DOJ concluded that the conditions and practices at the Jail violated the constitutional rights of convicted incarcerated persons and pre-trial detained p…
JAIL CONDITIONS
United States v. Hinds County

3:16-cv-00489 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: June 23, 2016

Case Ongoing

On May 21, 2015, the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) completed an investigation into Hinds County, Mississippi, over conditions at the Hinds County Adult Detention Facility and Work Center in Raymond (RDC) and the Jackson Detention Center in Jackson. The DOJ found that the facilities were chronically understaffed, that staff were not adequately trained or supervised, and that the facilities were poorly designed and ill-maintained. Facility staff in turn fa…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
U.S. v. Texas (DOJ CRIPA lawsuit involving many State Schools)

1:09-cv-00490 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: June 26, 2009

Case Ongoing

On December 11, 2006, the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division sent a "findings letter" to the governor of Texas, advising him of the results of its investigation into conditions and practices at the Lubbock State School ("LSS"), which housed people with developmental disabilities. The DOJ advised that its investigation found that conditions and services at LSS substantially departed from generally accepted standards of care. The DOJ issued additional "findings letters" on Decembe…
JAIL CONDITIONS
CRIPA investigation of Grant County (Kentucky) Jail

DJ 168-30-22 | No Court

On November 4, 2003, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division (DOJ) issued a notice letter announcing that it had opened a CRIPA investigation into detainee conditions in the Grant County Detention Center (GDC) in Williamstown. (Source) The DOJ initiated the investigation into GCDC after a sexual attack on a teenager that occurred in early 2003 brought this detention center onto the department’s radar; the attack was encouraged by GCDC guards.  In February of 2004, the DOJ conduct…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Nunez and United States v. City of New York

1:11-cv-05845 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 18, 2011

Case Ongoing

On August 18, 2011, a class of incarcerated people filed this lawsuit in the District Court for the Southern District of New York under 42 U.S.C. 1983 for cruel and unusual punishment against the New York City Department of Corrections (DOC). The plaintiffs, represented by the Legal Aid Society and Emery Celli, asked the court for declaratory relief, injunctive relief, and damages, claiming that DOC officers routinely inflicted wanton physical violence on prisoners and deliberately falsified re…
JAIL CONDITIONS
CRIPA Investigation of the Boyd County Detention Center

N/A | No Court

On November 1, 2016, the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division notified Boyd County officials of its intent to conduct an investigation of the Boyd County Detention Center pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997. The DOJ indicated that the purpose of the investigation was to determine whether prisoners are adequately protected from the use of excessive force, whether prisoners are subject to an invasion of their bodily privacy …
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
CRIPA Investigation of Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections

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On December 3, 2020, the Special Litigation Section of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division (DOJ) announced that it had opened a statewide investigation into the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections’ (LDOC) prisoner release practices and policies. DOJ’s announcement followed multiple lawsuits, including Humphrey v. LeBlanc, and a 2019 State Auditor’s report alleging that the state routinely keeps prisoners in jail past their release dates for days, weeks, and …