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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
McClendon v. City of Albuquerque

6:95-cv-00024 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Jan. 10, 1995

On January 10, 1995, detainees at the Bernalillo County Detention Center (BCDC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico filed this class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs sued the BCDC under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, 1985, and 1986, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000d), alleging that gross overcrowding and racial discrimination at the jail violated the First, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, Thir…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Owens v. Robinson

2:75-cv-00412 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 4, 1975

Closed Date: 1996

In 1975 a former inmate at the Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against jail officials alleging that the conditions of confinement at the jail violated his constitutional rights. In 1976 Neighborhood Legal Services (NLS) filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, on behalf of all inmates of the Allegheny County Jail s…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Krug v. Lutz

4:99-cv-00362 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: July 13, 1999

Closed Date: 2007

On July 13, 1999, a state prison inmate in Arizona, filed a pro se complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona under 42 U.S.C. §1983. The complaint alleged that state corrections officials violated the plaintiff's right to procedural due process by denying him his publications and failing to provide adequate medical care. Krug's claims of inadequate medical care were dismissed on January 6, 2000. Previously, in 1973, inmates in the Arizona state prison system and the Arizon…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Women Prisoners of DC Department of Corrections v. District of Columbia

1:93-cv-02052 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 1993

Closed Date: 2004

On October 1, 1993, a group of female prisoners of the District of Columbia filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the District of Columbia Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated by sexual abuse from prison staff, who they claimed had used physical force and threats of physical forc…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Gomez v. Vernon

1:91-cv-00299 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: June 21, 1991

Closed Date: 2012

On June 21, 1991, inmates, represented by the ACLU National Prison Project, filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. The plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU National Prison Project, sued the Idaho State Correctional Institution and the Idaho Maximum Security Institution under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They alleged retaliation for exercise of their rights to court access and an inadequate law library.The district court (Judge Larry M. Boyle) held that the fac…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Ayers v. Perry

1:02-cv-01438 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Nov. 14, 2002

Closed Date: 2003

In October 2002, prisoners confined at the Special Controls Facilities within the New Mexico State penal system filed a Section 1983 class action suit in the District of New Mexico against officials of the New Mexico Department of Corrections. Represented by the ACLU National Prison Project and other counsel, plaintiffs alleged that defendants did not provide adequate mental health care, used excessive force, and discouraged the filing of grievances. Plaintiffs also alleged that defendants' act…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Milburn v. Coughlin

1:79-cv-05077 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 25, 1979

On September 25, 1979, this class action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs filed under 42 U.S.C. 1983 on behalf of all people who were or would be incarcerated at Green Haven Correctional Facility in Stormville, New York, against New York State, its Department of Correctional Services, Green Haven Correctional Facility, and their medical personnel. Represented by the Prisoners' Rights Project of the Legal Aid Society of New York, …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Martin v. Kelley

1:81-cv-01021 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Dec. 30, 1981

Closed Date: 1990

On 12/30/1981, William E. Martin, an inmate at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility filed a Section 1983 suit, pro se, in the Southern District of Ohio against officials of the facility. Plaintiff's complaint raised First and Fourteenth Amendment challenges concerning censorship of incoming prisoner mail. At some point private counsel agreed to represent the plaintiff.The District Court (Judge Spiegel) held that plaintiff had failed to state a claim under the Eighth Amendment and permitted…
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Imprisoned Citizens Union v. Shapp

2:70-cv-03054 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Nov. 4, 1970

Closed Date: March 23, 1999

On November 4, 1970, the Imprisoned Citizens Union, an unincorporated association composed of prisoners of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiffs, represented in part by the American Civil Liberties Union, alleged that the defendants had violated their constitutional rights by failing to furnish them with necessiti…