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JAIL CONDITIONS
Harrelson v. Elmore County

2:94-cv-00520 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 3, 1994

Closed Date: Nov. 9, 1995

A paraplegic inmate filed a lawsuit on May 3, 1994 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the First, Fourth, Eighth, Ninth and Fourteenth Amendments, various state laws, and a consent decree (in some unnamed case, entered 11/10/1992). The plaintiff alleged that he was denied use of his wheelchair, was not provided with toilet or shower facilities designed for disabled persons, was no…
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Howerton v. Mississippi County

3:71-00054 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 1971

Closed Date: 1973

On September 29, 1971, former and present inmates of the Mississippi County (Arkansas) Penal Farm filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, alleging that the county had violated their constitutional rights by requiring them to work in unsafe conditions, providing them inadequate medical care and clothing, maintaining unsanitary showering and kitchen facilities at the jail, and failing to protect them from assaults by oth…
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Linn v. Foti

2:88-cv-03736 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Aug. 25, 1988

Closed Date: Sept. 1, 2000

This is one of a collection of § 1983 inmate cases filed in Louisiana federal courts to challenge the operation and conditions of confinement in the Louisiana prison system and in parish and city jails through Louisiana. This case involves a pro se lawsuit filed on August 25, 1988 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, alleging unconstitutional conditions of confinement while jailed at the Community Correctional Center and the House of Detention. Pro se plaintiffs s…
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Lewis v. Parish of Terrebonne

2:86-02315 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: June 3, 1986

The wife and children of David Lewis, an incarcerated individual who committed suicide while in solitary confinement at the Terrebonne Parish Jail, filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the parish in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The plaintiffs allege that Lewis's constitutional rights were violated by the jail's deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. Following a jury trial, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana …
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Macer v. Dinisio

1:87-cv-03122 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Nov. 18, 1987

In 1987, plaintiffs, both prisoners and family members of prisoners, filed a complaint in the United States District Court in Maryland against the Jail Administrator, County Manager, and President of the City Council in Talbot County seeking class certification. Plaintiffs alleged numerous deficiencies of the Talbot County Detention Center regarding issues such as shelter, food, sanitation, personal safety, medical care, visitation, and access to courts. Plaintiffs claimed that defendants vio…
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Mohler v. Prince George's County

1:83-00573 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 24, 1983

In 1983, plaintiff filed a complaint in the United States District Court in Maryland against Prince George's County and directors and employees of the county jail. Under this section 1983 action, plaintiff sought compensatory and punitive damages and declaratory judgment, alleging the jail staff's negligence and policies regarding sexual violence resulted in his sexual assault by other inmates during the time while he awaited trial. The complaint also alleged that over-crowding, lack of prope…
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Johnson v. Lark

4:71-00114 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Feb. 23, 1971

Incarcerated people at the St. Louis City Jail in Missouri filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against representatives of the city in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The plaintiffs, represented by the Legal Aid Society, alleged that their civil rights had been violated by inadequacies at the jail, including overcrowding, sanitation and living conditions, discipline and procedures for solitary confinement, rules for mail and visitation, inadequate me…
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Jones v. Diamond

1:74-03098 | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Filed Date: Aug. 13, 1973

Closed Date: Oct. 1, 1981

In 1974, inmates in Jackson County jail filed a class action under section 1983 in an attempt to reform nearly every facet of the conditions of the jail. Ten individual plaintiffs also sought damages for personal injuries. Plaintiffs were represented by counsel from the Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. The District Court in the Southern District of Mississippi dismissed as defendants individual members of the Board of Supervisors and denied class certification. Plaintiffs appe…
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Cooper v. Noble

3:78-cv-00207 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: May 12, 1978

Closed Date: March 14, 1996

In 1978, a group of Madison County inmates filed a section 1983 class action suit against Madison County officials in the District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. The inmates challenged nearly every aspect of jail conditions. In 1980 or 1981, the district court accepted an interim consent agreement reached by the parties and entered an interim judgment. The consent agreement concerned issues such as nutrition, visitation, disciplinary rules, medical attention, and access to a…
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Berch v. Stahl

3:72-00053 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

Filed Date: March 27, 1972

Closed Date: March 25, 1974

In 1972, inmates of the Mecklenburg County Jail in Charlotte, North Carolina sued the County, the Sheriff, and other jail officials in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, challenging conditions and practices in the jail as unconstitutional under the First, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments. The inmates alleged they were put in solitary confinement and exposed to unsanitary conditions for weeks at a time without justification. Also, the inma…