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DOJ ADA Investigation of Vermont Department of Corrections

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The Disability Rights Section of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division (“DOJ”) initiated an investigation into the Vermont Department of Corrections (“VDOC”) following complaints that VDOC failed to provide accessible facilities for incarcerated individuals with mobility disabilities and did not ensure effective communication for individuals with hearing disabilities, contrary to the requirements of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with mobilit…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
United States v. South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice

3:22-cv-01221 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: April 14, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the alleged constitutional violations of the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (the “Department of Juvenile Justice”) against the children in their custody at the Broad River Road Complex. These violations include not preventing fights among youths, staff harming children by using excessive force (such as choking, punching, kicking, and twisting arms), and isolating youth for minor indiscretions. On April 14, 2022 the United States, represented by attorneys from…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Walker v. Scurr

4:83-cv-00313 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: June 16, 1983

On June 16, 1983, inmates practicing Native American religion at Iowa State Penitentiary (ISP) filed lawsuits under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the officers and employees of ISP in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. The plaintiffs, at first represented by themselves and later by the University of Iowa Legal Clinic, asked for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging the ISP policy of not allowing Native American religious headbands to be worn in the prison yard violated …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Weir v. Nix

4:91-cv-30463 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: Aug. 5, 1991

On August 5, 1991, a fundamentalist Christian inmate incarcerated in the Iowa State Penitentiary, in Fort Madison, Iowa, filed a lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act against prison authorities in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. The prisoner alleged that various prison policies infringed on his religious freedom. Specifically, he complained that the prison only employed a Protestant pastor, offered just three hours o…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Martin v. Ellandson

4:73-cv-10229 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: Sept. 28, 1973

Closed Date: 2000

On September 28, 1973, an inmate at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison, Iowa filed a lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Director of Iowa Adult Corrections and the Warden of the Iowa State Penitentiary, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. The plaintiff, who represented himself, alleged violations of his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. Specifically, the plaintiff complained the prison library offered inadequate legal materials and…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Dedrick v. Wallman

4:79-00360 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: Aug. 13, 1979

Closed Date: April 2, 1985

In 1979, inmates from the Iowa State Penitentiary, the Iowa State Men's Reformatory, and the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa against prison officials complaining of disciplinary proceedings that allegedly violated the prisoners' Fourteenth Amendment rights. The plaintiffs asked the court to expunge from their records determinations of misconduct that did not meet Constitutional procedura…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Holtz v. Ferrierr

1:80-cv-00088 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa

Filed Date: July 15, 1980

Closed Date: 1999

On July 15, 1980, prisoners at the Iowa Men's Reformatory in Anamosa, Iowa filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the Iowa Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of Iowa. The plaintiffs alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by the defendants' actions restricting their access to postage and mail supplies. On September 16, 1981, the parties entered into a private settlement agreement, and on October 9, 1981, the U.S. District Court for …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Hershberger v. Scaletta

1:91-cv-00191 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa

Filed Date: Aug. 2, 1991

Closed Date: 1994

On August 2, 1991, seven inmates at the Iowa Men's Reformatory (IMR) brought a Section 1983 action against prison officials in the United District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, challenged the IMR mail policy denying free legal postage to indigent inmates, and the IMR rule requiring inmates to keep moving while exercising and also allowing officials to rescind exercise privileges without due process of law. In 1993, upon the parties' c…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Witke v. Crowl

3:82-cv-03078 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: Sept. 9, 1982

Closed Date: 1997

On September 9, 1982, female inmates at the North Idaho Correctional Institution (NICI) in Cottonwood, Idaho, filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Idaho Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. The plaintiffs, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union National Prison Project and Idaho Legal Aid Services, alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by gender discrimination in the areas of work-release, stud…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Balla v. Board of Corrections

1:81-cv-01165 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: May 15, 1981

Case Ongoing

On May 15, 1981, a prisoner at the Idaho State Correctional Institution ("ISCI") filed a class action lawsuit against the Idaho State Board of Corrections in the United States District Court for the District of Idaho alleging Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment violations pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 as well as numerous state claims. The allegations included: (1) the prison was overcrowded and understaffed, increasing the likelihood of violence; (2) the classification system at the prison, which p…