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CHILD WELFARE
David B. v. McDonald

1:79-cv-01662 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 25, 1979

Closed Date: 1998

On April 25, 1979, a class action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, on behalf of a class of children in Cook County, Illinois, who were either wards of the juvenile court or had petitions for wardship pending, and had emotional, physical, or mental disabilities. The plaintiffs represented by the Cook County Public Guardian alleged that the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCSF), the Illinois Department of Mental Health and D…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Bibb v. Montgomery County Jail

2:76-cv-00380 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Nov. 19, 1976

Closed Date: Feb. 21, 1992

In 1976 (according to the docket number), inmates of the Montgomery County Jail in Alabama filed a series of lawsuits under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama against state and county officials for constitutional violations in conditions at the jail, including overcrowding. The suits were consolidated and the parties entered into a consent decree that mostly vindicated the plaintiffs' claims. The district court (Judge Robert E. Varner) fou…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Brown v. Vann

2:77-00554 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: April 25, 1977

This was a desegregation suit filed against the Birmingham City jail. It also involved population reduction, sanitation, and other issues. An order for the plaintiffs was entered on April 18, 1978. We have no further information about the case.
JAIL CONDITIONS
Edge v. DeKalb County

4:91-cv-00308 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Feb. 8, 1991

Closed Date: 1997

On February 8, 1991, inmates in the DeKalb County Jail in Alabama filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama against the county and corrections officials alleging unconstitutional conditions of confinement. The defendants filed a third-party complaint against the Alabama Department of Corrections alleging that they were responsible for the alleged unconstitutional conditions because the jail's inmates were mostly state pri…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Parrish v. Alabama Department of Corrections

3:79-cv-00301 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: March 21, 1979

Closed Date: 1999

On March 21, 1979, inmates filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, against jail officials of Lauderdale County, alleging unconstitutional conditions of confinement. On November 29, 1982, the court (Judge Junius Foy Guin Jr.) entered an injunction prohibiting the defendants from housing state prisoners in the Lauderdale County Jail for more than 30 days, in order to alleviate overcrowding and associated health problems at the jail. …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Harrelson v. Elmore County

2:94-cv-00520 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 3, 1994

Closed Date: Nov. 9, 1995

A paraplegic inmate filed a lawsuit on May 3, 1994 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the First, Fourth, Eighth, Ninth and Fourteenth Amendments, various state laws, and a consent decree (in some unnamed case, entered 11/10/1992). The plaintiff alleged that he was denied use of his wheelchair, was not provided with toilet or shower facilities designed for disabled persons, was no…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Loyd v. Alabama Department of Corrections

5:92-cv-00058 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Jan. 9, 1992

On January 9, 1992, inmates of the Jackson County Jail in Scottsboro, Alabama, filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama against the Department of Corrections (DOC) challenging conditions at the jail. The plaintiffs were represented by the Southern Center for Human Rights. On November 7, 1994, the court (Judge Edwin Nelson) entered an order approving and adopting a consent decree and on January 12, 1995, the co…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Mobile County Jail Inmates v. Purvis

1:76-cv-00416 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 1976

Closed Date: 1985

In 1976, inmates at the Mobile County Jail in Alabama brought a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama against the Mobile County Commissioners under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming that their conditions of confinement, specifically overcrowding, violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Following litigation, on April 24, 1981, the court found that the conditions violated the inmates' due process rights and were also in violation of the Ei…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Hill v. Pulaski County

4:79-cv-00465 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: Oct. 25, 1979

Closed Date: 2000

On October 25, 1979, inmates of the Pulaski County Jail in Arkansas filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas challenging the conditions of that facility. In 1985, the parties entered into a consent decree that established population limits for the jail and required the sheriff of Pulaski County to notify the Court if anyone attempted to contravene the agreement.  On November 10, 1988, the sheriff filed notice wi…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Campbell v. Cauthron

78-01838 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas

Filed Date: 1978

In 1978, inmates at the Sebastian County jail filed a class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Eighth Amendment, alleging that their constitutional rights were violated by overcrowding and lack of exercise, inadequate diet, forced exposure to religious witnessing, restricted visitation privileges, denial of access to newspapers, insufficient medical care, and inadequate security. The United States District Court for the Wes…