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JAIL CONDITIONS
Marion County Jail Inmates v. Cottey

1:72-00424 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Sept. 11, 1972

Closed Date: 2007

Starting in 1972, Marion County Jail in Indiana was the subject of a long-running case to improve its conditions. One of the results of that case was a federal injunction putting a cap on the maximum population size of the jail. We do not have much information on this initial phase of the litigation. What we do know is that after the passage of PLRA, on July 21, 1997, officials at the jail asked the court to lift the population cap so it could put in bunk beds and house an additional one hundre…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Winston v. Speybroeck/Nagy

3:94-cv-00150 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Feb. 15, 1994

Closed Date: 2001

On February 15, 1994, inmates in the St. Joseph County Jail in South Bend, Indiana, filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against prison officials, challenging the conditions of confinement, including overcrowding. The incarcerated people were represented by private counsel. On October 18, 1994, the court (Chief Judge Allan Sharp), determined that the lawsuit should be maintained as a class action and consolidated …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Dunn v. Carey

1:78-00108 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Feb. 17, 1978

In 1978 incarcerated individuals filed a federal class action suit in the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana claiming that conditions at the Delaware County Jail violated the constitutional rights of the pretrial detainees. The suit was settled in 1984 with the issuance of a consent decree calling for the construction of a new 'Public Safety Complex' that was include a new town hall, police station and jail. This new complex was to be paid for through a new tax.We do no…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Jensen v. Stiglich

2:74-00230 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Sept. 13, 1974

In 1974, incarcerated individuals filed a class action lawsuit in the District Court for the Northern District of Indiana against Lake County Council and Sheriff challenging the conditions at the Lake County Jail. One of these conditions was the treatment of incarcerated people by police officers who were assigned to work as correctional officers. Lake County did not employ correctional officers; rather, police officers punished for misconduct were assigned to do the job and often mistreated i…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Kifer v. Ellsworth

3:79-00066 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: April 19, 1979

Closed Date: Oct. 17, 2003

The only information available regarding this case is a United States Court of Appeals opinion which includes a brief summary of the procedural history. In the late 1970s, a class action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana seeking injunctive relief and alleging violations of the Eighth Amendment at Vanderburgh County Jail. The class consisted of current and future inmates of the jail. In 1994, the district court approved a settlement providing in…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Madison County Jail Inmates v. Thompson

1:79-cv-00675 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Aug. 15, 1980

In November of 1979, inmates at the Madison County (Indiana) Jail brought a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the county board of commissioners and the county sheriff, alleging that the conditions in the jail violated their constitutional rights. They were seeking declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, and damages. On February 15, 1980, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana (Judge William E. Steckler) entered judgment notwithstanding the ver…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Doe v. Lake County

2:74-00049 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Feb. 20, 1974

Closed Date: 1977

On February 20, 1974, an inmate at the Juvenile Detention Home in Lake County, Indiana filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Lake County in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana on behalf of all present and future juveniles held in the Lake County Juvenile Detention Home or held without charges in the Gary City Jail. The plaintiffs, who were represented by the Project for Justice and Equality, filed an Amended Complaint on August 2, 1974, and asked …
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Nelson v. Heyne

3:72-cv-01970 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: May 12, 1972

Closed Date: 1973

On May 12, 1972, a class action lawsuit was filed, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, on behalf of boys confined at the Indiana Boys School (IBS) in Plainfield, Indiana, against the Indiana Department of Corrections. The plaintiffs, represented by the Youth Advocacy Program and Legal Services' Legal Education Program, sought declaratory and injunctive relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of their constitutional rights.According to the …
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
W.C. v. DeBruyn

1:90-cv-00040 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Jan. 16, 1990

Closed Date: 2005

On January 16, 1990, juveniles at the Indiana Boys School, a correctional facility in Plainfield, Indiana, filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of all present and future students against the superintendent of the school and commissioner of the Indiana Department of Corrections under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. The plaintiffs, who were represented by Legal Services of Indiana, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
United States v. Indiana

1:84-cv-00411 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: March 16, 1984

Closed Date: 1984

On March 16, 1984, the United States filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997 et seq, against the State of Indiana, the Indiana Department of Mental Health (IDMH), and officers of various state agencies, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. The government asked the court for permanent injunctive relief, alleging that conditions at Logansport State Hospital (LSH) and Central State Hospital …