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PRISON CONDITIONS
Armstrong v. Newsom

4:94-cv-02307 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 29, 1994

Case Ongoing

On June 29, 1994, disabled prisoners and parolees in California filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California, charging that, on account of their disabilities, the two divisions of the California Youth and Adult Corrections Authority California, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ("CDCR") and Board of Prison Terms ("BPT"), were generally depriving disabled prisoners of benefits and accommodations provided to other prisoners or required by due pro…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Center for Legal Advocacy v. Colorado Department of Corrections

1:21-cv-07792 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: March 18, 2021

Case Ongoing

On March 18, 2021, the Center for Legal Advocacy, d/b/a Disability Law Colorado (“DLC”), a federally mandated protection and advocacy (“P&A”) organization for the State of Colorado, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. DLC sued the Colorado Department of Corrections (“CDOC”) under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, seeking injunctive relief. DLC brought suit in its representative capacity on behalf of and…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Dunsmore v. State of California

3:20-cv-00406 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: March 2, 2020

Case Ongoing

This putative class action lawsuit alleges that county jail detainees were denied proper health accommodations at the San Diego county jail. On March 2, 2020, a jail detainee filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. The plaintiff sued the State of California, San Diego County, the San Diego Sheriff's Department, the San Diego Department of Corrections, individuals, and the attorney general. Proceeding pro se, the plaintiff sought compensatory and pu…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Livingston v. Beeman

13-0867 | Texas state trial court

Filed Date: 2010

Deaf persons incarcerated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) sued TDCJ's Executive Director (ED) alleging that he violated the Texas Human Resources Code (THRC) by failing to reasonably accommodate their impairment. Specifically, the inmates alleged that the ED failed to provide them with reasonable access to the telephone system and failed to provide sign language interpreters to allow them to meaningfully participate in educational, religious, and other prison programs. After …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Holmes v. Godinez

1:11-cv-02961 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 4, 2011

Case Ongoing

On May 04, 2011, deaf and hard of hearing prisoners filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against officials at the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by a group of public and private lawyers, the plaintiffs alleged that, while in IDOC custody, they were denied the assistance they needed to effectively communicate and participate in IDOC programs and services, in violation of the Americans with …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Gordon v. Texas

4:98-cv-00394 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Feb. 11, 1998

Closed Date: Nov. 22, 1999

On February 13, 1996, the plaintiff, a deaf high school student, was detained by the Houston Police Department (HPD) at the Houston City Jail. Plaintiff alleged that HPD repeatedly refused to obtain a sign language interpreter or provide access to a teletypewriter (TTY) for communication. Plaintiff was transferred to Harris County Jail on February 28, 1996 and alleged that he was again denied access to communication accommodations. Plaintiff further alleged that he was not provided an interpret…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Ray v. Madison Co., et al

1:20-cv-02973 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Nov. 13, 2020

Closed Date: June 23, 2021

On November 21, 2018, the plaintiff, a deaf woman, was arrested by the Anderson Police Department and transported to the Madison County Jail. The plaintiff was handcuffed behind her back while she was detained, preventing her from communicating using American Sign Language (ASL). Her requests for an interpreter were ignored and she was not provided with access to a qualified interpreter or other functional auxiliary aids (at one point, she was given a teletypewriter (TTY) but the facility lacke…
JAIL CONDITIONS
DOJ ADA Investigation of Virginia Regional Jail Authority

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The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) initiated an investigation into the Central Virginia Regional Jail (“CVRJ”), run by the Virginia Regional Jail Authority (“VRJA”) following a complaint alleging violations of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). The complainant, a deaf individual who uses American Sign Language (“ASL”) to communicate, alleged that VRJA failed to provide a qualified interpreter or any additional aids or services so that she could effectively com…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Rowe v. IMPD, et al.

1:20-cv-01373 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: May 13, 2020

Closed Date: June 23, 2021

In 2018, a deaf individual called 911 using a video relay interpretive service on his cell phone after being threatened by his roommate. At least one of the responding Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) officers had previously been to plaintiff’s residence and was or should have been on notice that plaintiff communicated through American Sign Language (ASL). Despite the advanced notice, the responding IMPD officers failed to provide a qualified interpreter or any auxiliary aids,…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Trivette v. Tennessee Department of Correction

3:20-cv-00276 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: March 31, 2020

Case Ongoing

On March 31, 2020, a deaf man in the custody of the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) and Disability Rights Tennessee (DRT), the state protection and advocacy entity, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. The plaintiffs sued TDOC alleging violations of Title II of the ADA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act for failure to provide effective communication accommodations. Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged inmates incarcerated at TDOC f…