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NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
CRIPA Investigation, Paramus (NJ)

No Court

On November 1, 1996, officials at the U.S. Department of Justice recommended an investigation into the conditions of resident care and treatment at the Bergen Pines County Hospital's nursing home in Paramus, New Jersey. The investigation was conducted pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997, following information that the residents' constitutional rights had been violated. Specifically, sources indicated that the facility failed to provide adequ…
NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
U.S. v. City of Philadelphia

2:98-cv-04253 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Aug. 13, 1998

Closed Date: Aug. 14, 1998

The United States Department of Justice investigated conditions at the Philadelphia Nursing Home (PNH) in 1996 pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA). In a December 19, 1996 letter to the mayor of Philadelphia, the Department of Justice described the unconstitutional conditions in the facility. The facility failed to ensure the safety of or provide the most basic care to its residents. Staff neglected residents and allowed them to reside in unsanitary condition…
NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
U.S. v. Chester Care Center

2:98-cv-00139 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Jan. 13, 1998

Closed Date: 2002

On January 13, 1998, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against the Chester Care Center, Bishop Nursing Home, Manchester Nursing and Convalescent Center, Bishop Nursing Home, Inc., and Commonwealth Real Estate Investors. The Chester Care Center, Bishop Nursing Home, and Manchester Nursing and Convalescent Center were long-term care facilities in Delaware County, Pennsyl…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
U.S. v. Texas (DOJ CRIPA lawsuit involving many State Schools)

1:09-cv-00490 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: June 26, 2009

On December 11, 2006, the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division sent a "findings letter" to the governor of Texas, advising him of the results of its investigation into conditions and practices at the Lubbock State School ("LSS"), which housed people with developmental disabilities. The DOJ advised that its investigation found that conditions and services at LSS substantially departed from generally accepted standards of care. The DOJ issued additional "findings letters" on Decembe…
NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
DOJ CRIPA Investigation of the Reginald P. White Nursing Facility, MS

3:04-cv-00933 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Nov. 16, 2004

Closed Date: Feb. 24, 2010

Pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act ("CRIPA"), 42 U.S.C. § 1997, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") conducted an investigation of conditions at the Reginald P. White Nursing Facility ("RWNF"), a public nursing home facility in Mississippi, evidently operated by one of the state's counties. The investigation resulted in a findings letter being sent to the governor of Mississippi on May 20, 2003. The letter stated that in August 2002, D…
NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
DOJ Investigation of Nashville Metropolitan Bordeaux Hospital

No Court Case | No Court

Pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act ("CRIPA"), 42 U.S.C. § 1997, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") conducted an investigation of conditions at the Nashville Metropolitan Bordeaux Hospital ("Bordeaux"), a public skilled nursing care and intermediate care facility operated by the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee. The investigation resulted in a findings letter being sent to the Metropolitan Government'…
NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
DOJ Investigation of Banks-Jackson-Commerce Medical Center and Nursing Home

01-00409 | No Court

Pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act ("CRIPA"), 42 U.S.C. § 1997, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") conducted an investigation of conditions at the Banks-Jackson-Commerce Medical Center and Nursing Home ("BJC"), a public nursing home facility in Commerce, Georgia, operated by the Banks-Jackson-Commerce Hospital Authority on behalf of Banks County, Jackson County, and the City of Commerce, Georgia. The investigation resulted in a findin…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Wayne County Jail Inmates v. Wayne County Sheriff

71-173217-CZ | Michigan state trial court

Filed Date: Jan. 1, 1971

This case arose amid a backdrop of increasing public opposition to poor conditions at the Wayne County Jail. In the 1960s, Detroit implemented tough-on-crime measures including a stop-and-frisk ordinance and aggressive enforcement of loitering and disorderly conduct laws. Around the same time, local judges began to set drastically higher bail rates. For example, the Detroit Traffic Court raised bail for speeding from $35 in March 1970 to $333 in November 1971. As a result, the Wayne County Jail…
PRISON CONDITIONS
El-Tabech v. Houston

4:04-cv-03231 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: June 28, 2004

Closed Date: 2012

On June 28, 2004, a prisoner at the Nebraska State Penitentiary (NSP) and transferred to the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI) filed this lawsuit after being severely injured by prison guards. Filing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska, the plaintiff sued the wardens of both maximum security prisons, the director of all Nebraska prisons, and multiple agents of the state prison system, including several medical personnel, under 42 U.S.C. §1983 and the Religious L…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
DePriest ex rel. C.B. v. Walnut Grove Correctional Authority

3:10-cv-00663 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Nov. 16, 2010

Closed Date: 2018

On November 16, 2010, thirteen boys and young men incarcerated at the Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility ("WGYCF") in Leakes County, Mississippi, filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, against the city entity responsible for operating WGYCF (the Walnut Grove Correctional Authority), the for-profit corporations under contract to manage the facility (GEO Group, Inc.) and provide medical care for the prisoners (Health Assurance, L…