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JAIL CONDITIONS
Collins v. Schoonfield

1:71-cv-00500 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 7, 1971

In 1971, eight pre-trial detainees filed a complaint against the Wardens of Baltimore City Jail and members of the Board of the jail. All plaintiffs sought equitable relief and all but one sought damages as well. The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland (Judge Frank Kaufman) granted class certification and separated the equitable issues from the issues as to damages. The court addressed eleven equitable issues, including solitary confinement procedures, punishment for constitutio…
JAIL CONDITIONS
CRIPA Investigation, Washington County (MD)

No Court Case | No Court

In 1996, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice notified Washington County, Maryland that the Department intended to investigate the county's Detention Center for unconstitutional jail conditions. The DOJ was particularly concerned with inadequate suicide prevention at the Detention Center but also with overcrowding and unsanitary conditions; inadequate medical care, nutrition, and opportunities for exercise; lack of access to the courts; physical and verbal abuse by staff…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Crutchfield v. Wright

1:88-cv-02308 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Aug. 3, 1988

Closed Date: July 20, 1990

In 1988, plaintiff filed a section 1983 suit pro se against the Warden of Montgomery County Detention Center. In her complaint, plaintiff alleged that defendant housed plaintiff in an administrative segregation unit because she tested positive for H.I.V. Plaintiff sought declaratory judgment that defendant's policies are unconstitutional and permanent injunctive relief prohibiting defendants from segregating plaintiff based on her medical condition. After the District Court in Maryland (Judg…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Dotson v. Satterfield

1:87-cv-03123 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Nov. 18, 1987

Closed Date: Oct. 3, 1998

Plaintiffs brought a section 1983 class action on their own behalf and on behalf of all present and future inmates in the Dorchester County Detention Center seeking injunctive and declaratory relief for deprivations of constitutionally guaranteed rights. Plaintiffs alleged numerous deficiencies of the Detention Center regarding issues such as shelter, food, sanitation, personal safety, medical care, visitation, and access to courts. In 1988, the District Court in Maryland (Judge Joseph C. How…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Macer v. Dinisio

1:87-cv-03122 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Nov. 18, 1987

In 1987, plaintiffs, both prisoners and family members of prisoners, filed a complaint in the United States District Court in Maryland against the Jail Administrator, County Manager, and President of the City Council in Talbot County seeking class certification. Plaintiffs alleged numerous deficiencies of the Talbot County Detention Center regarding issues such as shelter, food, sanitation, personal safety, medical care, visitation, and access to courts. Plaintiffs claimed that defendants vio…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Mohler v. Prince George's County

1:83-00573 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 24, 1983

In 1983, plaintiff filed a complaint in the United States District Court in Maryland against Prince George's County and directors and employees of the county jail. Under this section 1983 action, plaintiff sought compensatory and punitive damages and declaratory judgment, alleging the jail staff's negligence and policies regarding sexual violence resulted in his sexual assault by other inmates during the time while he awaited trial. The complaint also alleged that over-crowding, lack of prope…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Melvin C. v. Shilling

1:91-cv-00497 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 22, 1991

Closed Date: 1995

On February 22, 1991, Melvin C., an indigent minor in a Maryland Correctional Facility, filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. Plaintiff, along with 3 others, brought suit in forma paupris on behalf of themselves and all those similarly situated, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the Department of Education and the Department of Corrections for failure to provide special education and related service…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
State Board of Public Welfare v. Myers

60-162 (Court of Appeals) | Maryland state appellate court

Filed Date: Feb. 26, 1960

Closed Date: 1961

On February 26, 1960, a thirteen-year-old African American juvenile filed a lawsuit on behalf of himself and others similarly situated against the Maryland Board of Public Welfare and the Boards of Managers of the Maryland Training School, Boys' Village, Montrose School for Girls, and Barrett School for Girls. The claim, arising under the Fourteenth Amendment, asked for declaratory relief from the reformatory schools' policy of racial segregation. The Baltimore City Circuit Court (Judge Charles…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
CRIPA Investigation, Silver Spring (MD)

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On December 26, 1990, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a report to the State of Maryland on its investigation of the conditions of confinement at Great Oaks Center, a facility for people with intellectual disabilities in Silver Spring, Maryland. The investigation, conducted under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997, began November 18, 1986, and it included tours, interviews, and document reviews. It revealed violations of the residents' constitutio…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Hunt v. Meszaros

2:91-cv-02564 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Sept. 6, 1991

Closed Date: 1999

On September 6, 1991, Mary Hunt, a resident of the Great Oaks Center for developmentally disabled persons in Silver Springs, Maryland, filed a class-action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against the State of Maryland, the administrator of Great Oaks Center, and both the Secretary and Director of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The plaintiffs, including all persons then or who may in the future be confined at Great Oaks Center,…