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JAIL CONDITIONS
Benjamin v. Horn

1:75-cv-03073 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: June 24, 1975

This case was consolidated for enforcement purposes with Ambrose v. Malcolm; Detainees of Queens House of Detention v. Malcolm; Detainees of Brooklyn House of Detention for Men v. Malcolm; Maldonado v. Ciuros; Forts v. Malcolm; and Rosenthal v. Malcolm. The summary below includes all of these in the consolidated form, but more information about each individual case is included in the "Related Cases" section. On June 24, 1975, a group of pretrial detainees at Rikers Island Detention Center for M…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Daratsakis v. Smith

1:76-03218 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 20, 1976

Closed Date: 1977

On July 20, 1976, children placed at the Children's Center in New York City filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the director of the Children's Center, along with administrators and the assistant commissioner of the Department of Social Services. The class consisted of children who were placed at or were subject to placement at the Children's Center. The Legal Aid Society of the City of New York, Juvenile Ri…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Santiago v. Philadelphia

2:74-02589 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Oct. 7, 1974

In October of 1974, juvenile inmates at the Philadelphia Youth Study Center (YSC) filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985(3), 2000d against the City of Philadelphia and local Family Court judges in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiffs, represented by Community Legal Services, Inc. of Philadelphia, and private attorneys, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, and punitive damages for those members of the class that su…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Morales v. Turman

4:71-cv-01948 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: Feb. 12, 1971

In 1971, the plaintiffs, a class of all juveniles past, present, or future adjudicated delinquent and involuntarily committed to the custody of the Texas Youth Council (TYC), filed suit against the TYC challenging conditions of confinement. The plaintiffs were supported by amici curiae from the United States Department of Justice and the American Orthopsychiatric Association. The action was brought against the Executive Director of the TYC, members of the TYC, and various employees of the TYC. …
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Evans v. Fenty

1:76-cv-00293 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 23, 1976

Closed Date: 2017

On February 23, 1976, six residents of Forest Haven, an institution operated by the District of Columbia for developmentally disabled persons, filed this lawsuit against the District's mayor and its Department of Human Resources. The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia under the First, Fourth, Fifth, and Eighth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution; the Developmentally Disabled Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 6001 et seq.); and 32 D.C.…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Whitmire v. State of Arizona

2:98-cv-00641 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: April 14, 1998

Closed Date: 2003

A same-sex partner of a state prisoner filed a lawsuit on April 14, 1998 in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona against the State of Arizona and the Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC). The plaintiff complained that the DOC regulation that prohibited same-sex kissing and hugging among non-family members during visits to the prison violated his rights under the First and Third Amendments and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The District Court (Judge Roger G…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Inmates of New York with HIV v. Cuomo

9:90-cv-00252 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: March 6, 1990

Closed Date: 2009

On March 6, 1990, a class of inmates infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus ("HIV") filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim against the New York Department of Corrections ("DOC") in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, challenging the DOC's delivery of medical, mental health, education, and preventative services. Plaintiffs, who were represented by the Prisoners' Rights Project Legal Aid Society, the New York State Department of Labor, and Prisoners' Leg…
PRISON CONDITIONS
De'Lonta v. Angelone

7:99-cv-00642 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: Sept. 9, 1999

Closed Date: 2004

On September 9, 1999, an inmate at the Marion Correctional Treatment Center in Marion, Virginia, filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Virginia Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. The plaintiff, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that her constitutional rights had been violated by inadequate medical treatment for her Gender Dysphoria (GD). On Janu…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Sundstrom and Fields v. Frank

2:06-cv-00112 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Jan. 24, 2006

Closed Date: May 23, 2012

On January 24, 2006, two transgender state prisoners in various Wisconsin prisons filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Division. Represented by the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., the ACLU Foundation, Inc., the ACLU of Wisconsin Foundation, Inc., and private counsel, Plaintiffs brought this lawsuit against various officials from the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (WDC) and staff from the various state prisons. Plaintif…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Schneider v. City and County of San Francisco

3:97-cv-02203 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 12, 1997

Closed Date: 1999

On June 12, 1997, a female arrestee who was subjected to a strip search filed this case in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against the City and County of San Francisco and various officials, claiming After a jury trial, the court entered judgment for the plaintiff in the amount of $750,000 in compensatory damages and $5,000 in punitives against an individual defendant. Defendants filed a notice of appeal, but never followed through.