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JAIL CONDITIONS
Friend v. Kolodzieczak

3:87-cv-00161 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 18, 1987

On July 18, 1987, a class of all Roman Catholic prisoners at Alameda County's North County Jail in California filed this civil rights lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, seeking to secure access to religious services and sacramental articles such as rosary beads and scapulars.At hearings on summary judgment, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (Judge Marilyn H. Patel) found that issues regarding pri…
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Hunter v. Long

2:94-cv-05209 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Aug. 24, 1994

In 1994, Muslim inmates of Delaware County Prison filed a Section 1983 class action suit, pro se, in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against prison officials. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants refused to allow them to engage in Jum'ah, a Muslim prayer service, and limited the distribution of religious materials and funds for religious purposes. The court appointed private counsel and the parties entered into negotiations to reach a settlement. In March 1995, the court entered t…
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Jones v. Mabry

5:78-cv-00113 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: July 21, 1978

Closed Date: 1999

On July 21, 1978, Arkansas prisoners filed a pro se class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Arkansas Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. The prisoners alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by the Arkansas prisons' hair length requirements, which conflicted with the exercise of their religious beliefs. In 1979, the parties entered into a settlement agreement, in which the defendants agreed that no stand…
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Blue v. Lockhart

5:84-cv-00551 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: Dec. 5, 1984

Closed Date: 1993

On December 5, 1984, a prisoner at the Jefferson County Jail in Arkansas filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Arkansas Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, alleging that prison officials had violated his constitutional right to free exercise of his religion. The parties entered into a consent decree.On April 16, 1992 the plaintiff asked the court to hold the defendants in contempt, claiming that they had violated the consent d…
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Muslim Community v. Colorado Department of Corrections

1:90-cv-00145 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Jan. 24, 1990

On January 24, 1990, prisoners filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Colorado Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants had violated their constitutional right to religious freedom by failing to: (1) hire an Islamic chaplain, (2) allocate funds for Islamic materials and programs, (3) accommodate Islamic dietary requirements, (4) allocate space for Islamic materials, and by (5) discrimi…
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Gartrell v. Ashcroft

1:01-cv-01895 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Sept. 7, 2001

Closed Date: April 11, 2003

Rastafarian and Muslim inmates from the District of Columbia who were housed at Virginia correctional facilities filed a class action lawsuit challenging Virginia Department of Corrections' policies prohibiting long hair or beards on inmates. The inmates were represented by Hogan and Hartson and the American Civil Liberties Union. The inmates, who sued the District of Columbia, the U.S. Attorney General, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), alleged that the BOP's decision to house them at V…
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Muhammad v. Keve

1:77-cv-00221 | U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

Filed Date: June 14, 1977

In 1977, Muslim inmates of the Delaware Correctional Center filed a pro se suit in the District of Delaware against prison officials. The plaintiffs alleged violations of the First and Fourteenth Amendments. Specifically, plaintiffs alleged that the food service policies and treatment by the staff violated their right to free expression of religion, because the dietary restrictions required by their Muslim observance were not being accommodated.Shortly after the complaint was filed in August …
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Saleem v. Evans

4:86-cv-00135 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia

Filed Date: April 8, 1986

Closed Date: Feb. 27, 1989

Plaintiff, a prisoner at the Georgia State Prison and a member of the Nation of Islam, filed a pro se suit under section 1983 alleging violations of his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights against prison officials. He claimed that the religious beliefs of the Muslim prisoners were being violated by the prison not making "reasonable arrangements" for the provision of Nation of Islam ministers as required by a consent decree entered in Guthrie v. Evans, No. 3068 (S.D. Ga. 1978) (PC-GA-006). T…
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Remmers v. Brewer

4:72-cv-00177 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: Aug. 3, 1972

Closed Date: 2009

On August 3, 1972, two inmates of the Iowa State Penitentiary at Fort Madison filed a pro se lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa against prison officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of their First Amendment right to freely practice their religion as members of the Church of New Song (CONS). They also complained that involving chaplains in the parole process violated the Establishment Clause of the Constitution. After a trial on February 22-23, 19…
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Teterud v. Gillman

4:73-00085 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: April 4, 1973

On April 4, 1973, a Native American inmate of the Iowa State Penitentiary, in Fort Madison, Iowa, filed a lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Penitentiary's warden and other Iowa State prison authorities in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. The plaintiff, represented by the Native American Rights Fund, alleged that prison authorities had violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments by limiting inmates' hair length, regardless of religious and ethn…