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JAIL CONDITIONS
York v. County of El Dorado

2:90-cv-00833 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: June 28, 1990

Closed Date: Jan. 18, 1994

Inmates at the El Dorado and South Lake Tahoe jails filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit against county officials in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California on June 28, 1990. The case was originally assigned to Judge John F. Moulds, but was refereed to Magistrate Judge Gregory G. Hollows for settlement purposes. Plaintiffs were represented by the Prisoner Rights Union. The case settled at conference, including a limitation on the population of both the Placerv…
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 …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Austin v. Haley

2:95-cv-00637 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 15, 1995

On May 15, 1995, inmates in the Alabama State Prison System filed this putative class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) and the Governor of Alabama. Plaintiffs were represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center and private attorneys. The lawsuit challenged several policies and practices within the state prison system, including the failure to provide adequate toilet fa…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Gaddis v. Campbell

2:03-cv-00390 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: April 9, 2003

Closed Date: 2005

On April 9, 2003, diabetic inmates in the Alabama Prison System filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the Alabama Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. The plaintiffs, represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center, alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by denial of adequate medical care.Shortly after the lawsuit was filed, the parties entered into a settlement agreement, and they asked the court to ap…
PRISON CONDITIONS
In re: Texas Prison Litigation

2:99-cv-04021 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 1999

Closed Date: 2002

This was a class-action prisoner lawsuit filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Plaintiffs were Missouri prisoners who were transferred from Missouri state-penal institutions to jails in Texas pursuant to the "Texas Cell Lease Program," a contract between the Missouri Department of Corrections [DOC] and several Texas counties and a city whereby the Texas entities agreed to house and supervise the Missouri prisoners in exchange for money. …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Langford v. Racicot AND In Re: Conditions at Montana State Prison v. Montana

6:92-cv-00013 | U.S. District Court for the District of Montana

Filed Date: Feb. 13, 1992

This entry describes the consolidated federal class action lawsuits arising out of complaints about the treatment of prisoners in Montana State Penitentiary. The Initial Class Action SuitOn January 28, 1992, inmates at the Montana State Penitentiary filed a pro se lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Montana Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana. The plaintiffs alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by poor medical care, denta…
PRISON CONDITIONS
U.S. v. Montana

6:94-cv-00090 | U.S. District Court for the District of Montana

Filed Date: Dec. 1, 1994

Closed Date: 2002

In November of 1993, the United States government initiated an investigation of the Montana State Prison ("MSP") pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act ("CRIPA"), 42 U.S.C. § 1997. The government recommended that reform be made in the areas of medical, dental, and psychiatric care, particularly with respect to medication practices, infection monitoring, management and staffing. In addition, the investigation revealed that inmates were inadequately protected against fire…
PRISON CONDITIONS
D.M. v. Terhune

3:96-cv-01840 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: April 11, 1996

Closed Date: 1999

On April 11, 1996, prisoners of the state of New Jersey filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) against the New Jersey Department of Corrections (DOC) in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The plaintiffs, represented by the Center for Social Justice at the Seton Hall University School of Law, were a class of mentally ill inmates who alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by the denial of treatmen…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Hughes v. Goord

6:97-cv-06431 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 1997

Closed Date: 2000

On September 29, 1997, prisoners at various facilities within the New York State Department of Corrections filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Department officials. The plaintiffs, represented by Prisoners Legal Services of New York, brought the suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, challenging the systemic deprivation of religious rights of Native American prisoners, in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments. They asked the co…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Cody v. Hillard

4:80-cv-04039 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Filed Date: March 7, 1980

Closed Date: 2002

On March 7, 1980, inmates of the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls, South Dakota filed a class action in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the South Dakota Department of Corrections. The plaintiffs, represented by the National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union and by East River Legal Services, asked the court for class certification and declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that their constitutional righ…