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JAIL CONDITIONS
U.S. v. San Diego

3:91-cv-00764 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: June 5, 1991

Closed Date: 1996

On June 5, 1991, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit in the District Court for the Southern District of California, seeking an injunction barring San Diego County from denying the DOJ full access to the San Diego jail system. The DOJ sought to conduct a preliminary investigation for violations of constitutional rights under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA). On July 22, 1991, the District Court (Judge John Rhoades) determined that the county's attempts to use sta…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Campbell v. McGruder

1:71-cv-01462 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 21, 1971

Closed Date: 2004

On July 21, 1971, pre-trial detainees at the District of Columbia Jail filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against the mayor of the District of Columbia and jail officials. The complaint sought declaratory and injunctive relief for a long list of violations of the inmates' Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment Constitutional rights. These included overcrowding, inadequate food, denial of access to counsel, inadequate medical services…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Marion County Jail Inmates v. Cottey

1:72-00424 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Sept. 11, 1972

Closed Date: 2007

Starting in 1972, Marion County Jail in Indiana was the subject of a long-running case to improve its conditions. One of the results of that case was a federal injunction putting a cap on the maximum population size of the jail. We do not have much information on this initial phase of the litigation. What we do know is that after the passage of PLRA, on July 21, 1997, officials at the jail asked the court to lift the population cap so it could put in bunk beds and house an additional one hundre…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Steinke v. Washington County

3:94-cv-00396 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: April 18, 1994

On April 18, 1994, criminal defense attorneys who represent inmates confined in the Washington County Jail in Hillsboro, Oregon, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon against the county under 42 U.S.C. §1983 requesting that the county provide them with adequate and private space in which they could confer with their clients at the jail. The plaintiffs alleged that the use of the space available to them for client consultation violated their rights to practice their p…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
United States v. Puerto Rico

3:94-cv-02080 | U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Filed Date: Aug. 10, 1994

On August 10, 1994, after conducting a comprehensive investigation, the United States filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. The U.S. sued the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the governor, various executive officials, and the directors of several juvenile facilities under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997 et seq. The U.S., represented by the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Attorney'…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Horton v. Williams

3:94-cv-05428 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Aug. 11, 1994

Closed Date: Aug. 23, 2001

On August 11, 1994, juvenile plaintiffs filed a § 1983 civil rights class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington (Tacoma), challenging conditions of confinement at the Green Hill School (GHS). Plaintiffs were represented by attorneys for the National Center for Youth Law Columbia Legal Services and sought declaratory and injunctive relief.Plaintiffs amended their Complaint on August 17, 1994. Defendants moved to dismiss, which was denied by the District …
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
U.S. v. Virginia

1:96-cv-00284 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: March 4, 1996

Closed Date: 1999

On September 30, 1992, the United States Department of Justice initiated an investigation of Eastern State Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Williamsburg, Virginia, pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997. In May 1993, the Department of Justice toured and inspected the facilities, which included the Hancock Geriatric Center. The Department of Justice found that EHS failed to provide adequate psychiatric treatment to patients as required under …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Garnes v. District of Columbia

1:97-cv-00240 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 4, 1997

On February 4, 1997, disabled prisoners of the District of Columbia filed a class action lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12101, and the Rehabilitation Act (RA), 29 U.S.C. § 701, against the District of Columbia in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs, represented by the D.C. Prisoners' Legal Services Project, Open Society Institute and Public Justice Center, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Dunn v. Voinovich

1:93-cv-00166 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: March 3, 1993

Closed Date: 2000

On March 3, 1993, psychiatrically impaired inmates at Ohio prisons filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio against the Governor of Ohio, the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, and the Department of Mental Health. The class consisted of all mentally ill inmates who were or would be confined in one of the State of Ohio's prison system facilities. The class was represented by private counsel. The plaintiffs sought inj…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Morris v. Travisono

1:69-cv-04192 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Oct. 11, 1969

On October 11, 1969, inmates at the Adult Correctional Institution (ACI) in Rhode Island filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against the Rhode Island Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. The plaintiffs, represented by Rhode Island Legal Services and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, asked the court for a temporary restraining order, alleging that the defendants had discriminatorily segregated them from the general prison population and placed them …