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JAIL CONDITIONS
Arias v. Wainwright

4:79-cv-00792 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: March 23, 1979

On March 23, 1979, prisoners in Florida's county jails filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Florida against the Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections. The class consisted of all persons who were or would be confined in the county jails. Southern Legal Counsel, the Florida Justice Institute, the ACLU National Prison Project, and private counsel represented the class. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Miller v. Carson

3:74-cv-00382 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: June 11, 1974

Closed Date: 1994

In 1974, plaintiffs filed a class action suit pro se against the Sheriff of Duval County and others challenging conditions at the jail. In 1975, the district court for the Middle District of Florida (Judge Charles R. Scott) enjoined defendants from continuing to violate plaintiffs' constitutional rights--under the First Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, and Eighth Amendment--and awarded plaintiffs attorney's fees. Defendants moved for relief from the injunction, and the court modified the inju…
JAIL CONDITIONS
U.S. v. Polk County

8:73-cv-00252 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: May 23, 1973

Closed Date: March 8, 1974

In 1973, the United States (Civil Rights Division) filed suit against Polk County for civil rights violations and discrimination in the county jail, described as a "dual penal system". Before trial, the parties negotiated a stipulation, and in 1974, the District Court for the Middle District of Florida (Judge Ben Krentzman) issued a consent decree granting injunctive relief in favor of plaintiff. The only information we have for this case is the original docket, and we do not have any informa…
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
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…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Davis v. Roberts

8:96-cv-00682 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: April 8, 1996

Closed Date: Feb. 11, 1998

In 1975, litigation was initiated in the District Court for the Middle District of Florida to challenge the conditions of the Pinellas County Jail. The case, styled Davis v. Roberts, resulted in the Jail being placed under the oversight of the Court to rectify various constitutional violations. The Court appointed a monitor to review the conditions of the jail and to submit annual reports on the Jail's compliance. Dr. Linda Smith, who served as monitor during 1993 and 1994, issued a report no…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Cottone v. Jenne

0:00-cv-07545 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Oct. 19, 2000

Closed Date: July 20, 2006

Plaintiff, a personal representative for his son, sued numerous defendants associated with the Broward County Detention Center in Florida after his son, a pretrial detainee, died at the hands of a mentally ill co-inmate. The detention center was subject to a consent decree from Carruthers v. Cochran (JC-FL-008) that required the jail to institute a system of classification, separation, and monitoring of inmates. In 2002, the district court for the Southern District of Florida (Judge William J…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Singleton v. Board of Commissioners

63-cv-00963 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Nov. 12, 1963

Closed Date: March 5, 1971

Black inmates of the Florida state reform schools filed a class-action lawsuit against the Board of Commissioners of the schools in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida in November of 1963. Plaintiffs were seeking to enjoin racial segregation in the schools and to have the practice declared unconstitutional. The plaintiffs were juveniles who were detained in the segregated system after being arrested and charged with trespass for sitting in a segregated restaura…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Bobby M. v. Chiles (Graham & Martinez)

4:83-cv-07003 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Jan. 2, 1983

Closed Date: 2000

On January 2, 1983, juveniles filed a class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. §794), challenging their conditions of confinement at the juvenile facilities in the State of Florida. Those facilities included the McPherson Training School in Ocala, the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna and the Florida School for Boys at Okeechobee, subsequently renamed the Eckerd Youth Developmen…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Florida D.J.J. v. C.A

97-3505 | Florida state appellate court

Filed Date: 1997

Closed Date: 1998

This case involves several consolidated cases in Florida State Court by juveniles who were adjudicated delinquent and committed to the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice. Following orders adjudicating them delinquent, each of the plaintiffs was placed at the Pahokee Youth Development Center, which was designated as a moderate risk facility, and filed motions to modify their commitment orders. The juveniles, who were represented by the Florida Public Defender, sought a modification of the di…