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JAIL CONDITIONS
Rooks & U.S. v. Herring

1:92-cv-00316 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: April 23, 1992

Closed Date: 1998

On April 23, 1992, inmates at the Conecuh County Jail ("Jail") in Evergreen, Alabama filed a class action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Alabama Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.The plaintiffs, represented by attorneys from the Southern Center For Human Rights, sought declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages for the alleged inhumane conditions of confinement they were subjected to at the Jail. The case wa…
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…
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Jones v. City and County of San Francisco

3:91-cv-03453 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 2, 1991

Closed Date: Aug. 18, 2000

The plaintiffs originally filed this action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on October 2, 1991. The plaintiff class, consisting of certain pre-trial detainees housed at San Francisco Jail Number 3 (Jail No. 3) in San Bruno, California, brought suit challenging the constitutionality of the conditions of their confinement. The original action, entitled William Besk v. City and County of San Francisco, lead to a Stipulation of Dismissal ("B…
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Branson v. Winter

A020323 | California state appellate court

Filed Date: March 27, 1981

On March 27, 1981, a prisoner at the jail in Santa Clara County, California, appearing before a state judge to plead guilty to grand theft, handed the judge a petition for habeas corpus, challenging the conditions of confinement which were alleged to include overcrowding and inhumane conditions. The Santa Clara County Superior Court (Judge Bruce Allen) invited a local public interest lawyer, at the Public Interest Law Foundation, to convert the case to a class action and represent the prisoners…
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CRIPA Investigation, Turner County (GA)

No Court Case | No Court

Filed Date: 1994

In 1994, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice notified Turner County, Georgia that it intended to investigate conditions in the county jail. In 1995, following the investigation, the DOJ notified the Chairman of the Turner County Board of Commissioners of its findings and made recommendations regarding policies and procedures, inmate supervision, medical and mental healthcare, dental care, general maintenance, overcrowding, sanitary facilities, personal hygiene, chemical…
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United States v. Terrell County (GA)

1:04-cv-00076 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: June 7, 2004

Closed Date: July 15, 2014

In 1994, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice notified Terrell County, Georgia that it intended to investigate conditions in the county jail. In 1995, following the investigation, the DOJ notified the Chairman of the Terrell County Commission of its findings and made recommendations regarding staffing and supervision, grievance system, exercise, visitation, access to reading materials and religious services, medical and mental healthcare, dental care, suicide prevention,…
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U.S. v. Columbus Consolidated City/County Government (Muscogee County)

4:99-cv-00132 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: Sept. 23, 1999

Closed Date: July 8, 2019

In 1994, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice notified Muscogee County, Georgia that it intended to investigate conditions in the county jail. In 1995, following the investigation, the DOJ notified the Chairman of the Muscogee County Commission of its findings and made recommendations regarding staffing and supervision, grievance system, exercise, access to reading materials, medical and mental healthcare, dental care, suicide prevention, general sanitation, fire safety, …
JAIL CONDITIONS
CRIPA Investigation, Mitchell County (GA)

NA | No Court

In 1994, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice notified Mitchell County, Georgia that it intended to investigate conditions in the county jail. In 1995, following the investigation, the DOJ notified the Chairman of the Mitchell County Commission of its findings and made recommendations regarding staffing and supervision, grievance procedures, exercise, visitation, access to reading materials, medical and mental healthcare, dental care, suicide prevention, general sanitati…
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CRIPA Investigation, Marion County (GA)

NA | No Court

In 1994, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice notified Marion County, Georgia that it intended to investigate conditions in the county jail. In 1995, following the investigation, the DOJ notified the Chairman of the Marion County Commission of its findings and made recommendations regarding staffing and supervision, exercise, grievance system, access to legal and reading materials, medical and mental healthcare, suicide prevention, fire safety, and food services. It app…
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CRIPA Investigation, Lee County (GA)

No Court Case | No Court

In 1994, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice notified Lee County, Georgia, that it intended to investigate conditions in the county jail. In 1995, following the investigation, the DOJ notified the Chairman of the Lee County Commission of its findings and made recommendations regarding security and supervision, new jail construction, exercise, nutrition, medical and mental healthcare, suicide prevention, fire safety, maintenance, personal hygiene, ventilation, and lighti…