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Inmates of the Bucks County Correctional Facility v. County of Bucks

2:02-cv-07377 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Sept. 12, 2002

On September 12, 2002, inmates of the Bucks County Correctional Facility [BCCF] filed a class action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), challenging their conditions of confinement. Plaintiffs, represented by the Institutional Law Project and private attorneys, sought declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages. Plaintiffs alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by denial of nece…
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Gilles v. Litscher

1:02-cv-00463 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: May 8, 2002

On May 8, 2002, a prisoner at the Wisconsin Secure Program Facility in Boscobel, Wisconsin filed a pro se lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the Wisconsin Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. The plaintiff asked the Court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that the defendants had violated his constitutional rights by taking away his clothes, forcing him to sleep on a concrete slab, denying him human contact, feeding him onl…
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DOJ Investigation of Delaware Correctional Center, Howard R. Young Correctional Institution, Sussex Correctional Institution, John L. Webb Correctional Facility, and Delores J. Baylor Women's Correctional Institution

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On March 7, 2006, the United States Department of Justice ("DOJ") notified the State of Delaware of its intent to investigate the adequacy of medical and mental health care services provided in five facilities operated by the State's Department of Corrections, pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act ("CRIPA"), 42 U.S.C. § 1997. The facilities investigated were: (1) Delores J. Baylor Women's Correctional Institution ("Baylor"); (2) Howard R. Young Correctional Institution (…

RE: Investigation of Delaware Correctional Center, Howard R. Young Correctional Institution, Sussex Correctional Institution, John L. Webb Correctional Facility, and Delores J. Baylor Women's Correctional Institution

DOJ Investigation of Delaware Correctional Center, Howard R. Young Correctional Institution, Sussex Correctional Institution, John L. Webb Correctional Facility, and Delores J. Baylor Women's Correctional Institution

Dec. 29, 2006

Memorandum of Agreement Between the United States Department of Justice and the State of Delaware

DOJ Investigation of Delaware Correctional Center, Howard R. Young Correctional Institution, Sussex Correctional Institution, John L. Webb Correctional Facility, and Delores J. Baylor Women's Correctional Institution

Dec. 29, 2006

First Semi-Annual Report of the Independent Monitor

DOJ Investigation of Delaware Correctional Center, Howard R. Young Correctional Institution, Sussex Correctional Institution, John L. Webb Correctional Facility, and Delores J. Baylor Women's Correctional Institution

June 29, 2007

Second Semi-Annual Report of the Independent Monitor

DOJ Investigation of Delaware Correctional Center, Howard R. Young Correctional Institution, Sussex Correctional Institution, John L. Webb Correctional Facility, and Delores J. Baylor Women's Correctional Institution

Jan. 31, 2008

Amended Memorandum of Agreement Between the United States Department of Justice and the State of Delaware

DOJ Investigation of Delaware Correctional Center, Howard R. Young Correctional Institution, Sussex Correctional Institution, John L. Webb Correctional Facility, and Delores J. Baylor Women's Correctional Institution

Dec. 30, 2009

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United States v. Dallas County

3:07-cv-01559 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Sept. 12, 2007

Closed Date: Nov. 4, 2011

In November 2005, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ"), acting pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act ("CRIPA"), 42 U.S.C. § 1997 et seq., commenced an investigation into the conditions of confinement at the Dallas County Jail in Dallas, Texas. Based on its investigation, the DOJ concluded that the conditions and practices at the jail violated the constitutional rights of convicted inmates and pre-trial detainees. On December 8, 2006, the DO…
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Walker v. Floyd County

4:07-cv-00014 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Feb. 6, 2007

On February 6, 2007, inmates confined at the Floyd County, Indiana Jail filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, alleging that they became infected with a virulent, penicillin-resistant staph infection as a result of the deliberate indifference of Jail personnel. Plaintiffs alleged that they were thereby deprived without due process of law of their right not to be subjected to cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth an…
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Chapman v. Hardin County, Kentucky

3:05-cv-00433 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Aug. 1, 2005

Closed Date: 2011

On August 1, 2005, a female inmate at the Hardin County Detention Center (HCDC) filed a civil rights class action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. The plaintiff, represented by private counsel, alleged that she and other inmates of the Jail contracted Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) because of inadequate policies and practices to diagnose, treat, isolate, and prevent the spread of MRSA. The plaintiff sought m…
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Mumphrey v. Shelby County, KY

3:06-cv-00070 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Oct. 12, 2006

On October 12, 2006, a prisoner in the Shelby County Detention Center filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Shelby County and the Shelby County Detention Center. The plaintiff, represented by private counsel, sought class-action certification and asked the court for declaratory relief, injunctive relief, and damages, claiming that conditions in the Kentucky jails violated the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. Plaintiff all…
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Napier v. Laurel County, KY

6:06-cv-00368 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Aug. 16, 2006

This is one of a pair of class action cases filed by inmates who claimed to have been infected with methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) while incarcerated in Kentucky jails. MRSA is a flesh eating bacteria that can cause debilitating open sores, pain and death. In the Laurel County case, Lester Napier, an inmate in poor health, alleged that he was exposed and got infected by MRSA while locked up in the Laurel County Detention Center. Plaintiff alleged that the habitually overc…
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Boyd v. Greenville County

6:06-cv-02339 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: Aug. 22, 2006

Closed Date: 2008

On August 22, 2006, a group of 25 inmates and pretrial detainees filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina, claiming to have been infected with Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ("MRSA") while they were incarcerated at the Greenville County Detention Center ("Jail") in South Carolina. MRSA is a flesh eating bacteria that can cause debilitating open sores, pain, and death. Staph infections, including the MRS…
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Hagan v. Rogers

2:06-cv-05033 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Oct. 20, 2006

Closed Date: 2009

On October 20, 2006, state prisoners at New Jersey's Adult Diagnostic & Treatment Center ("ADTC") filed this §1983 suit against officials associated with ADTC in the District Court for New Jersey, alleging violations of their 8th and 14th amendment rights. Specifically, plaintiffs alleged that officials associated with the facility violated their constitutional rights by failing to contain and treat a serious and contagious skin condition. Plaintiffs sought compensatory and injunctive relief,…