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JAIL CONDITIONS
United States v. Leflore County (DOJ Investigation of LeFlore County Jail, Poteau, Oklahoma)

6:05-cv-00339 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: Aug. 12, 2005

Closed Date: Aug. 4, 2009

In November 2002, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, 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 LeFlore County Jail ("Jail") in Poteau, Oklahoma. Based on its investigation, the DOJ concluded in an April 2003 findings letter that the conditions and practices at the Jail violated the constitutional rights of pre-trial detainees and convicte…
PRISON CONDITIONS
DOJ Investigation Re: McPherson and Grimes Correctional Units, Newport, Arkansas

NA | No Court

Filed Date: May 8, 2002

Closed Date: 2007

On May 8, 2002, the Department of Justice notified the McPherson and Grimes Correctional Units in Newport, Arkansas of its intent to investigate the prison pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997.McPherson is the state's only women's prison. Built to house roughly 600 prisoners, it held approximately 700 at the time of the investigation. Grimes housed young men from 16-24 years of age. The units were part of a single complex. Both were comprised o…
JAIL CONDITIONS
United States v. Santa Fe County

1:08-cv-00212 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Feb. 28, 2008

Closed Date: Oct. 30, 2009

In March of 2002, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, acting pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997 et seq., commenced an investigation into the confinement conditions at the Santa Fe County Adult Detention Center (SFCADC) in Santa Fe, New Mexico.Based on its investigation, the DOJ concluded that the conditions and practices at the Detention Center violated the constitutional rights of convicted inmates and pre-trial deta…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Baker v. Campbell

4:03-cv-01114 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 13, 2003

Closed Date: 2004

On May 13, 2003, a group of prisoners filed a 42 U.S.C. §1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in order to challenge the constitutional adequacy of medical care provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC), Naphcare, Inc., and St. Clair Correctional Facility (St. Clair) to inmates housed at St. Clair. Plaintiffs requested declaratory and injunctive relief as well as class certification.On May 23, 2003, Plaintiffs filed a motion fo…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Domenech v. Goord

0015671/2002 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: 2002

Closed Date: 2005

The plaintiff, a New York state prisoner who had been a previous user of alcohol and illicit drugs, but who had been drug-free for thirty years, was diagnosed in prison with Hepatitis C and sought treatment; however, under prison policy, he could only receive treatment if he participated in a program for substance abusers. That program interfered with his schooling and work and, given his long history of not abusing substances, seemed to him an entirely unnecessary requisite to receipt of treat…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Hilton v. Wright

9:05-cv-01038 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 17, 2005

Closed Date: 2013

On August 17, 2005, two New York state prisoners filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York under 42 U.S.C. §1983 (the Civil Rights Act of 1871), 42 U.S.C. § 12132 (the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA), and 29 U.S.C. § 794 (the Rehabilitation Act, Section 504) against New York's Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) and its chief medical officer. The plaintiff, represented by private counsel, asked the court for declaratory relief, injunctive r…
PRISON CONDITIONS
McKenna v. Wright

1:01-cv-06571 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 19, 2001

Closed Date: Nov. 17, 2005

In 1999, plaintiff, a New York state prisoner, was diagnosed by prison medical staff as having Hepatitis C virus ("HCV"). Based on prison policies, treatment of the condition was denied him at least twice--first, because prison officials thought he was to be released within a year (he was not, however) and, then, because he was not enrolled in a prison substance abuse program. (A third denial resulted from his liver condition.) In late 2002, he enrolled in a prison substance abuse program and w…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Thompson v. Overton

2:03-cv-70234 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Jan. 21, 2003

Closed Date: 2003

On January 21, 2003, a group of Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) prisoners afflicted with Hepatitis-C, and relying on 42 U.S.C. § 1983, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against MDOC officials, as well as individuals and entities providing contract medical services to MDOC prisoners. Represented by counsel from the ACLU Fund of Michigan and from the Wayne State University Civil Rights Litigation Clinic, the plaintiffs sought declaratory a…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Bennett v. Spectrum Healthcare

1:02-cv-04993 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Oct. 16, 2002

Closed Date: 2010

On October 16, 2002, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, private counsel representing a group of New Jersey state prisoners filed a lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against contract medical care providers, their executives, and New Jersey corrections officials. In that complaint and a later, amended version, the prisoners alleged that they and their class had been exposed in the state's prisons to the Hepatitis C virus (HCV), or had been admitted to the prisons but no…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Brash v. Wexford Health Source, Inc.

2:02-cv-14331 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 2002

On December 6, 2002, a prisoner in Florida's Okeechobee Correctional Institution (OCI), represented by counsel from the Florida Justice Institute, sued in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment was being violated by the defendants' failure to provide him appropriate medical care. The lead defendant was Florida's contract medical service provider for OCI; als…

Verified Complaint

Brash v. Wexford Health Source, Inc.

Dec. 6, 2002

Motion for Preliminary Injunction with Incorporated Memorandum of Law

Brash v. Wexford Health Source, Inc.

Dec. 6, 2002

Defendants' Wexford Health Sources, Inc and David Rowe's Memorandum in Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Motion for a Prompt Hearing

Brash v. Wexford Health Source, Inc.

Jan. 15, 2003

Plaintiff's Reply Memorandum in Opposition to Defendants' Responses to Plaintiff's Motion for a Preliminary Injunction

Brash v. Wexford Health Source, Inc.

Feb. 18, 2003

Report and Recommendation on Defendant Moore's Motion to Dismiss Verified Complaint and Defendants Wexford Health Sources, Inc's and David Rowe's Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's Verified Complaint

Brash v. Wexford Health Source, Inc.

March 4, 2003

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