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JAIL CONDITIONS
U.S. v. Crittenden County

3:89-cv-00141 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: July 13, 1989

Closed Date: Nov. 27, 2001

The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice notified the Crittenden County Jail ("Jail") of their intention to investigate conditions pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997 on November 7, 1986. The Division released the findings of the investigation on June 1, 1987.The Division determined that the prisoners' access to medical care was grossly inadequate. Additionally, the report cited the lack of fire safety measures and the prese…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Cong v. Foti

2:99-cv-00663 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Feb. 26, 1999

Closed Date: Aug. 4, 2000

This 42 U.S.C. § 1983 case was filed in the Eastern District of Louisiana on November 6, 1998 by private counsel on behalf of thirteen Asian immigrant detainees of the Orleans Parish Prison.The suit alleged that correctional officers beat the plaintiffs and conspired with non-immigrant incarcerated people to fight them in 'staged gladiatorial contests.' Along with the § 1983 claim, the plaintiffs simultaneously filed a motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) to require defendants to allo…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Alexander S. v. McLawhorn

3:90-cv-03062 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: Dec. 28, 1990

Closed Date: 1998

On December 28, 1990, juveniles confined by the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (formerly the Department of Youth Services) filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina against the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice. The class consisted of all juveniles who were or would be confined in the correctional facilities of the defendant. The South Carolina Protection and Advocacy System for the Handicapped an…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Jamison v. Farabee

4:78-cv-00445 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 28, 1978

On February 28, 1978, persons confined as patients in California under the Welfare and Institutions Act filed this class action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the California Department of Mental Health (CDMH), the California Department of Developmental Services (CDDS), and the California Department of Health Services (CDHS). Represented by the American Civil Liberties Union and private counsel, they sough…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Crowe v. Jones

1:96-cv-00214 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: March 6, 1996

Closed Date: 1996

On March 6, 1996, eight inmates filed a Section 1983 lawsuit against the Alabama Department of Corrections alleging Eighth Amendment violations for restrictions on the inmates' access to and use of the hobby shop at Holman Correctional Facility. Plaintiffs also contended that the restrictions were in violation of a consent decree issued in an earlier case, Pugh v. Locke, 406 F. Supp. 318 (M.D. Ala. 1976) (PC-AL-010), which mandated that there "shall be space available for inmates to engage in …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Stone v. Boone

1:73-cv-01083 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 9, 1973

Closed Date: March 13, 2014

In October 1974, prisoners at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution in Walpole, Massachusetts, filed a 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 prisoners alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by a lack of books in the law library at the prison. A consent decree was issued for the creation of a law library. On December 14, 2006, plaintiff Andrew Kilburn in place…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Hyde v. Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice

4:94-cv-02987 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 30, 1994

Closed Date: 2003

Dale Hyde, a pro se plaintiff, brought suit against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on August 30, 1994, complaining that his religious group was not allowed to meet under the same circumstances as other religious groups at the prison where he was incarcerated. Hyde had previously filed a written complaint with the prison about restrictions on his religious practices as a Jehovah's Witness. On October 23, 1996, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of …
PUBLIC HOUSING
Tinsley v. Pierce

4:89-cv-00023 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: Jan. 17, 1989

On January 17, 1989, residents of T.B. Watkins Homes, a public housing development operated by the Housing Authority of Kansas City, Missouri, filed a class-action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the State of Missouri in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. The plaintiffs asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated by racial discri…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Mays v. Thurston

4:20-cv-00341 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: March 26, 2020

On March 26, 2020, the Christian Ministerial Alliance and two voters filed a suit against the Governor and Secretary of State of Arkansas against the Election Day receipt deadline. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, the plaintiffs sought declaratory action under 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201-02 and injunctive relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 52 U.S.C. § 10301 enjoining the Election Day Receipt deadline. The plaintiffs alleged that the deadline posed significant risks fo…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Harper v. Bennett

1:04-cv-01416 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: May 19, 2004

Closed Date: 2015

On May 19, 2004, inmates at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The plaintiffs sued Fulton County and the Georgia Department of Corrections under 42 U.S.C. §1983 challenging the conditions of their confinement under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. The class action suit, brought on behalf of inmates who were currently or would be incarcerated in the future at the Fulton County Jail facilities in Atla…