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JAIL CONDITIONS
Chairs v. Burgess

5:83-05137 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: March 8, 1983

Closed Date: Oct. 30, 1998

On March 8, 1983, inmates at the Morgan County Jail in Alabama filed a class action lawsuit pro se under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama against Department of Corrections officials challenging the overcrowded conditions of the jail. The complaint alleged crowding, lack of adequate medical attention, lack of a grievance procedure, lack of a library, denial of religious freedom, unsanitary food, and failure to transfer inmates to state institutions…
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Branson v. Winter

A020323 | California state appellate court

Filed Date: March 27, 1981

On March 27, 1981, a prisoner at the jail in Santa Clara County, California, appearing before a state judge to plead guilty to grand theft, handed the judge a petition for habeas corpus, challenging the conditions of confinement which were alleged to include overcrowding and inhumane conditions. The Santa Clara County Superior Court (Judge Bruce Allen) invited a local public interest lawyer, at the Public Interest Law Foundation, to convert the case to a class action and represent the prisoners…
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United States v. Terrell County (GA)

1:04-cv-00076 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: June 7, 2004

Closed Date: July 15, 2014

In 1994, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice notified Terrell County, Georgia that it intended to investigate conditions in the county jail. In 1995, following the investigation, the DOJ notified the Chairman of the Terrell County Commission of its findings and made recommendations regarding staffing and supervision, grievance system, exercise, visitation, access to reading materials and religious services, medical and mental healthcare, dental care, suicide prevention,…
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U.S. v. Columbus Consolidated City/County Government (Muscogee County)

4:99-cv-00132 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: Sept. 23, 1999

Closed Date: July 8, 2019

In 1994, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice notified Muscogee County, Georgia that it intended to investigate conditions in the county jail. In 1995, following the investigation, the DOJ notified the Chairman of the Muscogee County Commission of its findings and made recommendations regarding staffing and supervision, grievance system, exercise, access to reading materials, medical and mental healthcare, dental care, suicide prevention, general sanitation, fire safety, …
JAIL CONDITIONS
CRIPA Investigation, Mitchell County (GA)

NA | No Court

In 1994, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice notified Mitchell County, Georgia that it intended to investigate conditions in the county jail. In 1995, following the investigation, the DOJ notified the Chairman of the Mitchell County Commission of its findings and made recommendations regarding staffing and supervision, grievance procedures, exercise, visitation, access to reading materials, medical and mental healthcare, dental care, suicide prevention, general sanitati…
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CRIPA Investigation, Marion County (GA)

NA | No Court

In 1994, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice notified Marion County, Georgia that it intended to investigate conditions in the county jail. In 1995, following the investigation, the DOJ notified the Chairman of the Marion County Commission of its findings and made recommendations regarding staffing and supervision, exercise, grievance system, access to legal and reading materials, medical and mental healthcare, suicide prevention, fire safety, and food services. It app…
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CRIPA Investigation, Harris County (GA)

No Court Case | No Court

In 1994, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice notified Harris County, Georgia that it intended to investigate conditions in the county jail. In 1995, following the investigation, the DOJ notified the Chairman of the Harris County Board of Commissioners of its findings and made recommendations regarding staffing and supervision, access to legal and reading materials, medical and mental healthcare, general sanitation, fire safety, food service, and plumbing. It appears th…
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CRIPA Investigation, Calhoun County (GA)

No Court Case | No Court

In 1994, the U.S. Department of Justice commenced an investigation of the conditions at the Calhoun County, Georgia, Jail pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act ("CRIPA"), 42 U.S.C. §1997 et. seq. In 1995, following the investigation, the DOJ notified the Chairman of the Calhoun County Commission of its findings and made recommendations regarding staffing and supervision, access to reading material, medical and mental healthcare, suicide prevention, fire safety, plumbing,…
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Inmates of Henry County Jail v. Parham

1:75-01968 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Oct. 9, 1975

Plaintiffs filed a class action suit against Henry County Jail, alleging violations of constitutional rights under the First, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments. The District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (apparently James Hill, Circuit Judge, sitting by designation) certified the class and, in 1976, issued a consent decree enjoining defendants from operating the current Henry County Jail after February 1, 1978. In addition, the consent decree laid out guidelines for operation of …
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Tate v. Kassulke

3:75-cv-00031 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 1975

Closed Date: 2000

On January 30, 1975, the plaintiffs, inmates of the Jefferson County Jail (Jail), brought suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seeking injunctive relief with respect to alleged violations of their constitutional rights. The alleged constitutional violations included the lack of sanitary conditions, access to showers, access to recreation, vermin infested conditions, lack of medical attention, cruel beatings, unconstitutional reading of mai…