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CRIPA Investigation, Black Hawk County (IA)

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On April 16, 1998, an attorney from the Special Litigation section of the U.S. Department of Justice made a recommendation to the Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, that an investigation into conditions at the Black Hawk County Jail in Waterloo, Iowa, be initiated under 42 U.S.C. § 1997, the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA). The recommendation memo indicated that there had been credible reports of constitutional violations of prisoners' rights, includ…
JAIL CONDITIONS
DOJ CRIPA Investigation of Daviess County (KY)

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On March 24, 1997, the Department of Justice (DOJ) opened an investigation on the Daviess County Detention Center in Owensboro, Kentucky (Center), pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. §1997 et seq. The DOJ sent notice to Judge-Executive Buzz Norris of the Daviess County Fiscal Court at that time. An additional notice letter dated June 19, 1997, expanded the investigation to cover not only the main jail, but three other related facilities--the E. Rober…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
CRIPA Investigation, Landmark Learning Center, Opa-Locka (FL)

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On May 17, 1995, the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division sent letters to the governor of Florida, the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of the United States Department of Education informing them of the DOJ's intent to investigate conditions at Landmark Learning Center and G. Pierce Wood Memorial Hospital pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997 et seq. The DOJ indicate…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
In Re: DOJ CRIPA Investigation of Chicago-Read Mental Health Center

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On May 26, 1993, the Department of Justice sent a letter to the Governor of Illinois detailing findings from an investigation of conditions in the Chicago-Read Mental Health Center pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutional Persons Act (CRIPA). The investigation was conducted in November of 1992. The findings letter indicated that conditions at Chicago-Read violated the constitutional rights of its patients to adequate medical care and reasonable safety. Inadequate conditions included the …
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
CRIPA Investigation, Hammond (LA)

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On December 20, 1996, the U.S. Department of Justice notified the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services of its intention to investigate the Hammond Developmental Center, a state-run facility for individuals with developmental disabilities, in Hammond, Louisiana, pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1997 et seq. The Department of Justice suspected that the conditions of confinement at Hammond violated the residents' constitutional rights, …
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
DOJ CRIPA Investigation of the Montgomery Developmental Center [MDC] in Huber Heights, Ohio

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In September 1985, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) commenced an investigation of the Montgomery Developmental Center [MDC] in Huber Heights, Ohio, pursuant to the Civil Rights of Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. §1997. The investigation included a two day tour of the MDC by an independent medical expert who specialized in the administration of medical care to institutionalized intellectually disabled individuals. The DOC also reviewed and analyzed documents, inc…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
DOJ CRIPA Investigation of the Whitten Center in Clinton (SC)

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On February 8, 1995, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice [DOJ] sent notice to the State of South Carolina that it was conducting an investigation into the conditions of confinement at the Whitten Center in Clinton, South Carolina, pursuant to its authority under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act ("CRIPA"), 42 U.S.C. § 1997 et seq. Whitten was a state-operated institution housing approximately 800 developmentally disabled children and adults.The DOJ advise…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
CRIPA Investigation, Fircrest (WA)

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On February 6, 1992, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a report to the State of Washington on the findings of its investigation, pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997, of the Fircrest Residential Habilitation Center in Shoreline, Washington. The investigation, conducted throughout 1991, revealed that practices at Fircrest, a state-run facility for individuals with developmental disabilities, violated the residents' constitutional rights. T…
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CRIPA Investigation, Baltimore (MD)

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In 1994, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice notified William Schaefer, Governor of the State of Maryland that it intended to investigate conditions in the Maryland Correctional Adjustment Center (""Supermax"") in Baltimore. In 1996, following the investigation, the DOJ notified the new Governor of Maryland, Parris Glendening, of its findings and made recommendations regarding medical and mental healthcare, right to exercise, indefinite segregation and abuse. After rev…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Inmates of the Bucks County Correctional Facility v. County of Bucks

2:02-cv-07377 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Sept. 12, 2002

On September 12, 2002, inmates of the Bucks County Correctional Facility [BCCF] filed a class action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), challenging their conditions of confinement. Plaintiffs, represented by the Institutional Law Project and private attorneys, sought declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages. Plaintiffs alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by denial of nece…