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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
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. …
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U.S. v. San Diego

3:91-cv-00764 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: June 5, 1991

Closed Date: 1996

On June 5, 1991, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit in the District Court for the Southern District of California, seeking an injunction barring San Diego County from denying the DOJ full access to the San Diego jail system. The DOJ sought to conduct a preliminary investigation for violations of constitutional rights under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA). On July 22, 1991, the District Court (Judge John Rhoades) determined that the county's attempts to use sta…
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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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Re: Yolo County Jail

NA | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: 1987

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California issued a consent decree on August 4, 1987, concerning overcrowding conditions at the jail in Yolo County, California. The consent decree provided that in order to maintain the inmate population cap, and notwithstanding California state law, the sheriff was authorized to extend the California Penal Code section 4024.2 work program to incarcerated inmates. Qualifying inmates were eligible to have one day of their sentence ded…
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Avant v. Rice

8:91-cv-00748 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: June 14, 1991

Closed Date: Nov. 19, 1992

In 1991, plaintiff filed a section 1983 action against employees of the Pinellas County Jail for opening his legal mail outside his presence. The district court for the Middle District of Florida (Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich) forwarded plaintiff's complaint to the consent monitor appointed in the Davis v. Roberts case (JC-FL-012) pursuant to the consent decree established to resolve problems related to unconstitutional jail conditions and practices. The monitor recommended that plaintiff's c…
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CRIPA Investigation, Mitchell County (GA)

NA | No Court

In 1994, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice notified Mitchell County, Georgia that it intended to investigate conditions in the county jail. In 1995, following the investigation, the DOJ notified the Chairman of the Mitchell County Commission of its findings and made recommendations regarding staffing and supervision, grievance procedures, exercise, visitation, access to reading materials, medical and mental healthcare, dental care, suicide prevention, general sanitati…
JAIL CONDITIONS
CRIPA Investigation, Marion County (GA)

NA | No Court

In 1994, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice notified Marion County, Georgia that it intended to investigate conditions in the county jail. In 1995, following the investigation, the DOJ notified the Chairman of the Marion County Commission of its findings and made recommendations regarding staffing and supervision, exercise, grievance system, access to legal and reading materials, medical and mental healthcare, suicide prevention, fire safety, and food services. It app…
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CRIPA Investigation, Lee County (GA)

No Court Case | No Court

In 1994, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice notified Lee County, Georgia, that it intended to investigate conditions in the county jail. In 1995, following the investigation, the DOJ notified the Chairman of the Lee County Commission of its findings and made recommendations regarding security and supervision, new jail construction, exercise, nutrition, medical and mental healthcare, suicide prevention, fire safety, maintenance, personal hygiene, ventilation, and lighti…
JAIL CONDITIONS
CRIPA Investigation, Harris County (GA)

No Court Case | No Court

In 1994, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice notified Harris County, Georgia that it intended to investigate conditions in the county jail. In 1995, following the investigation, the DOJ notified the Chairman of the Harris County Board of Commissioners of its findings and made recommendations regarding staffing and supervision, access to legal and reading materials, medical and mental healthcare, general sanitation, fire safety, food service, and plumbing. It appears th…