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JAIL CONDITIONS
Carruthers v. Israel (Jonas v. Stack)

0:76-cv-06086 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Aug. 10, 1976

On August 10, 1976, persons at North Broward Detention Center filed this action pro se in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The plaintiffs sued Broward County officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. At the time, the county's main jail was in the old courthouse where 1,200 inmates were packed into cells designed for 275. The Court appointed counsel and the parties went on to litigate the claims. We have only limited information on the first 18 years of the case; the docket …
JAIL CONDITIONS
U.S. v. Clay County

4:97-cv-00151 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: Aug. 20, 1997

Closed Date: July 10, 2000

In 1994, the U.S. Department of Justice notified Clay County of its intention to investigate conditions of the county jail. In 1995, following the investigation, the DOJ notified the Chairman of the Clay County Commission of its findings and made recommendations regarding construction of a new jail; staffing and supervision; exercise; access to religious services, courts, and reading material; medical and mental healthcare; suicide prevention; general sanitation; fire safety; plumbing; bedding…
JAIL CONDITIONS
U.S. v. Dooly County

5:98-cv-00001 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: Jan. 5, 1998

Closed Date: June 29, 2001

In 1994, the U.S. Department of Justice notified Dooly County of its intention to investigate conditions of the county jail. In 1995, following the investigation, the DOJ notified the Chairman of the Dooly County Commission of its findings and made recommendations regarding policies, procedures, and classification; staff training and supervision; exercise; medical and mental healthcare, dental care, and medication; jail renovation; fire safety; sanitation; food services; chemical handling and …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Makinson v. Bonneville County

4:97-cv-00190 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: April 30, 1997

Closed Date: 2000

On April 30, 1997, incarcerated individuals at the Bonneville County Jail, represented by the ACLU, filed a class action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, challenging conditions of confinement at the jail.Simultaneously with the filing of the complaint, the parties lodged a proposed Consent Decree, Order and Judgment which settled the disputed issues as to inmate confinement, pending the completion of construction of a new Bonneville Coun…
JAIL CONDITIONS
McClendon v. City of Albuquerque

6:95-cv-00024 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Jan. 10, 1995

On January 10, 1995, detainees at the Bernalillo County Detention Center (BCDC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico filed this class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs sued the BCDC under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, 1985, and 1986, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000d), alleging that gross overcrowding and racial discrimination at the jail violated the First, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, Thir…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Brad H. v. City of New York

117882/99 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: Aug. 24, 1999

On August 24, 1999, inmates at Rikers Island in New York filed this putative class action lawsuit in the Supreme Court of New York County, New York (the trial court in New York state court) against jail officials. The plaintiffs alleged that the jail officials had violated their rights guaranteed by the state constitution and state mental health statutes. The inmates proposed defining the class as themselves and all other current and future inmates confined in the City Jails for more than 24 ho…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
United States v. Puerto Rico

3:94-cv-02080 | U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Filed Date: Aug. 10, 1994

On August 10, 1994, after conducting a comprehensive investigation, the United States filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. The U.S. sued the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the governor, various executive officials, and the directors of several juvenile facilities under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997 et seq. The U.S., represented by the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Attorney'…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Laube v. Haley

2:02-cv-00957 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Aug. 19, 2002

Closed Date: 2010

On August 19, 2002, female prisoners in Alabama filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. The prisoners sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging conditions of their confinement under the Eighth Amendment. This class action suit, brought on behalf of all female state prisoners in Alabama, was based on the following claims of unconstitutional conditions: overcrowding, inadequate supervision in open dorms, inadequate inmate classification, inmate violence, th…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Clark v. California

3:96-cv-01486 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 22, 1996

On April 22, 1996, two prisoners with developmental disabilities, incarcerated within facilities run by the California Department of Corrections (CDC), filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Rehabilitation Act (RA), against the State of California, its Governor, CDC and prison officials. The plaintiffs, represented by the Prison Law Office, the Disability Rights an…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Duvall v. Glendening (Duvall v. Hogan)

1:94-cv-02541 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Sept. 14, 1994

This case was brought in 1976 in the federal district court for the District of Maryland under Section 1983 by inmates at the Baltimore City Jail against both state and city officials of the Baltimore, Maryland prison system. The plaintiffs complained of overcrowding and conditions of confinement at the Baltimore City Jail, which resulted in a consent agreement setting capacity limitations, eliminating double celling and providing other services. In April 1981, the case was consolidated with Co…