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JAIL CONDITIONS
Inmates of Suffolk County Jail v. Rufo

1:71-cv-00162 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 1971

Closed Date: Sept. 30, 1999

In 1971, incarcerated individuals of the Suffolk County Jail (also known as the Charles Street Jail) in Boston, Massachusetts filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the Sheriff of Suffolk County, the Commissioner of Correction for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Mayor of Boston, and several City Councilors. After the parties agreed to a partial judgment and the court held a short trial on the merits, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (Judge W. Arth…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Libby v. Marshall

1:83-cv-02281 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 1983

Closed Date: 1992

On August 4, 1983, incarcerated individuals at the Norfolk County Jail in Massachusetts filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against Norfolk County in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The plaintiffs alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by overcrowding at the jail.On January 17, 1984, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (Judge Walter Skinner) held that overcrowding at the jail violated the plaintiffs' constitutional rights an…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Perry v. Fair

4:89-cv-00031 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Jan. 5, 1989

Closed Date: 1993

On January 5, 1989, five prisoners at the Worcester County Jail and House of Correction ("the Jail") filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts against the County of Worcester, the County Sheriff, and the Massachusetts Departments of Correction and Public Health. The plaintiffs, represented by Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services and private counsel, brought their suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the conditions at the Jail violated t…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Kelley v. Hodgson

98-3083 | Massachusetts state trial court

Filed Date: 1998

In 1998, inmates in the Bristol County Jail filed a class action suit on behalf of all present and future inmates challenging the overcrowded conditions at the jail. The Superior Court of Massachusetts for Suffolk County (Judge John C. Cratsley) enjoined defendant from using port-a-bunks, which allowed inmates to sleep on common areas floors, and from triple-bunking any cell. This preliminary injunction would last until November 16, 1998, when the new unit of the jail was scheduled for completi…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Richardson v. Sheriff of Middlesex County

5230 | Massachusetts state supreme court

Filed Date: 1990

A class of pretrial detainees held at Middlesex County Jail brought suit in Superior Court against the Sheriff to challenge constitutionality of jail conditions. The trial court found that the overcrowded conditions at the jail violated plaintiffs' due process rights and ordered defendant not to allow more than one inmate in a cell, not to allow inmates to sleep on the floor, and to reduce the total population of the jail. Defendants appealed the decision and the court's denial of defendant's…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Att'y General v. Sheriff of Suffolk County

3800 | Massachusetts state supreme court

Filed Date: 1984

In 1984, the Attorney General of Massachusetts filed a complaint in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts seeking an order to compel the Suffolk County Sheriff to accept into his custody all pretrial detainees committed to him by the courts of the Commonwealth. The Sheriff then filed a complaint against the mayor of Boston, the Boston City Council, and the Commissioner of Correction seeking an injunction that would require the defendants to provide suitable facilities for pretrial detain…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Souza v. Hodgson

BRCV2002-00870 | Massachusetts state trial court

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 2002

On July 9, 2002 incarcerated people, either serving sentences or awaiting trial at the Bristol County Jail or Bristol County House of Correction, filed this pro se action in the Bristol County Superior Court challenging the validity of cost of care fees, medical care fees, haircut fees and GED fees charged to incarcerated individuals by Bristol County Sheriff Hodgson pursuant to his Bristol County Inmate Financial Responsibility Program. The plaintiffs obtained private counsel who then filed a…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Strachan v. Ashe

1:79-02001 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Oct. 2, 1979

Closed Date: 1982

This was a § 1983 case filed by an incarcerated individual challenging the conditions of confinement in a hospital isolation cell in a county house of corrections. The plaintiff was incarcerated at the Hampden County House of Correction in Massachusetts. He was confined to a hospital isolation cell when he filed this action on October 2, 1979, and sought declaratory and injunctive relief, along with damages, against five defendants named individually and in their official capacities. The plain…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Inmates of Judge John J. Connelly Youth Center v. Dukakis

1:75-01786 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: May 6, 1975

Closed Date: April 2, 1976

In 1975, juveniles in custody of the Department of Youth Services (DYS) at the Judge J. Connelly Youth Center (Roslindale) filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts against the Governor of Massachusetts. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief from allegedly unconstitutional conditions at Roslindale. The Juvenile Court Advocacy Program, and the Massachusetts Defenders Committee represented the plaintiffs. After pretrial conferences…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Brewster v. Dukakis

3:76-cv-04423 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Dec. 15, 1976

Closed Date: 1992

On December 15, 1976, residents of the Northampton State Hospital in Massachusetts filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the State of Massachusetts in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants had violated their constitutional rights by failing to provide them with suitable treatment under the least restrictive conditions, by discriminating against them with respect to benefit allocation pursuant to federal statu…