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JAIL CONDITIONS
Campbell v. McGruder

1:71-cv-01462 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 21, 1971

Closed Date: 2004

On July 21, 1971, pre-trial detainees at the District of Columbia Jail filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against the mayor of the District of Columbia and jail officials. The complaint sought declaratory and injunctive relief for a long list of violations of the inmates' Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment Constitutional rights. These included overcrowding, inadequate food, denial of access to counsel, inadequate medical services…
JAIL CONDITIONS
CRIPA Investigation, Onondaga County (NY)

No Court Case | No Court

On March 29, 1994, following the death of an inmate due to misuse of a chemical agent, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) notified Onondaga County, New York, of its intent to investigate the living conditions of inmates housed at the Onondaga County Public Safety Building in Syracuse, New York. The DOJ conducted this investigation under the authority of 42 U.S.C. §1997, the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA). On September 30, 1994, the DOJ issued a findings letter detaili…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
CRIPA Investigation-Central Alabama Youth Services

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On August 6, 1992, the United States Justice Department issued the findings of its investigation conducted at the Central Alabama Youth Services Facility (CAYS) pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997. The investigation revealed several conditions at CAYS that amounted to constitutional violations. Disciplinary practices at the facility, including the use of mace and mechanical restraints, violated the juvenile detainees' constitutional rights. …
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Danny O. v. Bowman

1:84-01272 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: Aug. 17, 1984

Closed Date: 1985

On August 17, 1984, minor children held for treatment at the Idaho State Youth Services Center (YSC) submitted their First Amended Class Action Complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against those State officials who had authority relative to YSC, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. The plaintiffs, represented by Idaho Legal Aid, the Youth Law Center, and the National Center for Youth Law (both of San Francisco, California), asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, al…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Nelson v. Heyne

3:72-cv-01970 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: May 12, 1972

Closed Date: 1973

On May 12, 1972, a class action lawsuit was filed, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, on behalf of boys confined at the Indiana Boys School (IBS) in Plainfield, Indiana, against the Indiana Department of Corrections. The plaintiffs, represented by the Youth Advocacy Program and Legal Services' Legal Education Program, sought declaratory and injunctive relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of their constitutional rights.According to the …
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
United States v. Louisiana

3:98-cv-00947 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Nov. 5, 1998

Closed Date: May 2, 2006

This is one of a collection of § 1983 inmate cases filed in Louisiana federal courts to challenge the operation and conditions of confinement in the Louisiana prison system and in parish and city jails throughout Louisiana. These cases have worked their way through the federal courts over the last four decades and are part of this collection, located at PC-LA, JC-LA and JI-LA.This case stems from a report published in October 1995 by the Human Rights Watch. The report, titled "Children in Con…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Doe v. Holladay

1:77-00074 | U.S. District Court for the District of Montana

Filed Date: June 17, 1977

Closed Date: April 1, 1982

In May 1977, male juvenile students in a Montana correctional institution filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the Pine Hills School ("PHS") correctional institution. Plaintiffs, represented by Montana Legal Services Association and the National Juvenile Law Center of St. Louis University, complained primarily of the policies directed toward the maximum-security unit at PHS.…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Pena v. New York State Division for Youth

1:70-cv-04868 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Nov. 6, 1970

On November 6, 1970, a class action lawsuit was filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of all youths placed with and paroled by the Goshen Annex for Boys, an institution run by the New York State Training School System, against the New York State Division for Youth. The plaintiffs, represented by the Juvenile Rights Division of the Legal Aid Society, sought injunctive relief, alleging that Goshen violated the Eighth and …
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Gary H. v. Hegstrom

3:77-cv-01039 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: 1977

Closed Date: July 20, 1989

In 1977, eleven inmates of Oregon's MacLaren School (a facility for adolescent wards of the juvenile court system, located in Woodburn, Oregon) filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Oregon Department of Human Resources in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. The plaintiffs, represented by the Oregon Legal Services Corporation, the Legal Aid Service, the National Juvenile Law Center, and the Juvenile Justice Legal Advocacy Project of the National Center …
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Morales v. Turman

4:71-cv-01948 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: Feb. 12, 1971

In 1971, the plaintiffs, a class of all juveniles past, present, or future adjudicated delinquent and involuntarily committed to the custody of the Texas Youth Council (TYC), filed suit against the TYC challenging conditions of confinement. The plaintiffs were supported by amici curiae from the United States Department of Justice and the American Orthopsychiatric Association. The action was brought against the Executive Director of the TYC, members of the TYC, and various employees of the TYC. …