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Palmigiano v. Garrahy

1:74-cv-00172 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: July 16, 1974

Closed Date: Feb. 19, 2014

On 01/11/2007, six inmates in the "awaiting trial" section of the Adult Correctional Institutions of Rhode Island (ACI) filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the Rhode Island Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. The plaintiffs, represented in part by the National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, asked the Court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated because …
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Caballero v. New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

9:20-cv-01470 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 2, 2020

This is a class action lawsuit alleging that the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) intentionally denied all people with moderate mental health disorders from having the opportunity to complete a program that would have made them eligible for early release.  The plaintiff, a formerly incarcerated individual out on parole, filed a complaint on December 2, 2020 against the DOCCS, alleging that the plaintiff was forced to spend nine extra months in prison be…

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Doe v. Delaware County

5:22-cv-01405 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 8, 2022

Closed Date: March 5, 2024

This is a case about the exclusion of an inmate from programs due to his HIV positive status.  On April 8, 2022, a named plaintiff, represented by LAMBDA Legal and the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiff filed suit against Delaware County, the GEO Group, a private for-profit correctional management company that operates George W. Hill Correctional Facility (GWHC), and multiple staff members at GWHC inclu…
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Hebert v. Illinois Department of Corrections

1:24-cv-07950 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 30, 2024

This is a case about the lack of special education services provided to young people incarcerated by the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC). On August 30, 2024, twenty-one individual plaintiffs, people who were in IDOC custody and did not have a high school diploma, filed this lawsuit arguing that IDOC had been discriminating against people who need special education services for over 20 years. The plaintiffs argued that the lack of special education services prevented young people with …
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Stanley v. Ivey

03-CV-2024-900649 | Alabama state trial court

Filed Date: May 1, 2024

This is a case about forced prison labor in Alabama. In 2022, Alabama voters approved a new state Constitution that banned slavery and involuntary servitude without exceptions for prison labor. In January 2023, after a widespread labor strike in the prisons, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed an executive order that allowed prisons to penalize incarcerated people for not working by removing their good-time credits and making it harder to get good-time credits in the future. On May 1, 2024, six in…
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Lilgerose v. Polis

2022-cv-30421 | Colorado state trial court

Filed Date: Feb. 15, 2022

This case was filed on February 15, 2022, by two people incarcerated at the Fremont Correctional Facility in Colorado as a putative class action against the Governor of Colorado, the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC), and the CDOC executive director. The plaintiffs alleged that a CDOC policy of charging incarcerated people with a violation (which could result in loss of good time credits and more restrictive housing placements) for refusing prison-assigned jobs violated an amendment to …
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Sostre v. McGinnis

62-cv-28785 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: 1962

Closed Date: Oct. 26, 1964

This is a historic case about religious liberty in New York prisons. It's part of the Clearinghouse's collection of several cases brought by prisoners rights activist (and prisoner) Martin Sostre, whose wikipedia biography is here.  In 1964, Sostre and other individuals incarcerated at Attica sued the New York Commissioner of Correction and the warden of Attica under §1983. Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged that the defendant violated their rights with respect to their religious practice, in…
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Sostre v. Rockefeller

1:68-cv-04058 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 15, 1968

Closed Date: March 15, 1972

This is a historic case about mail censorship, religious discrimination, and solitary confinement issues in New York prisons.  It's one of several brought by prisoners' rights activist (and prisoner) Martin Sostre, whose Wikipedia bio is here.    On June 25, 1968, Martin Sostre, a New York prisoner, was ordered into punitive segregation based on alleged rule infractions. To challenge this order, he filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on October 15…
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Hill v. Snyder

2:10-cv-14568 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Nov. 17, 2010

Closed Date: Nov. 17, 2020

This is a lawsuit challenging mandatory life sentences without parole for juveniles in Michigan. On November 17, 2010, juvenile prisoners filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the State of Michigan, challenging the state law that prohibited the Michigan Parole Board from considering for parole juveniles who were sentenced to life in prison without parole for first-degree murder. The plaintiffs, represented by counsel from the America…
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Farris v. Franklin County

4:14-cv-05083 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Filed Date: Aug. 2, 2014

Closed Date: Dec. 13, 2019

On August 2, 2014, detainees at the Franklin County Jail filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Franklin County. The plaintiffs, represented by Columbia Legal Services, claimed that jail officials’ excessive use of force and the jail’s squalid living conditions violated the First, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments. They asked the Court to preliminarily and permanently enjoin the County from permitting such abuses.Specific…