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JAIL CONDITIONS
Jones v. Wittenberg

3:70-cv-00388 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Dec. 17, 1970

In 1970, inmates at the Lucas County Jail filed a class-action suit against several officials associated with the jail. In 1971, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (Judge Don J. Young) ordered the jail to update the lighting, ventilation, plumbing, paint, and cell-locking system, but denied the plaintiffs’ demand for damages. 330 F. Supp. 707. The Lucas County Sheriff appealed, and the Sixth Circuit affirmed. Jones v. Metzger, 456 F.2d 854 (6th Cir. 1972). A few years lat…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Sykes v. Krieger

1:71-cv-01181 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Nov. 30, 1971

Closed Date: 1994

In 1971, plaintiffs filed a section 1983 class action on behalf of all present and future inmates at Cuyahoga County Jail. The district court for the Northern District of Ohio (Judge Robert Krupansky) certified plaintiffs' class and ordered defendants to address issues regarding overpopulation, lack of psychiatric care, cross examinations at disciplinary hearings, counsel-substitution at disciplinary hearings, mail services, telephone procedures, visitation procedures, and library services. S…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Wood County ADA Investigation

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In 1997, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Wood County Sheriff's Department negotiated a settlement agreement after the DOJ investigated the County under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). According to the settlement, the Sheriff's Department agreed not to discriminate against any inmate on the basis of disability, to ensure effective communications with inmates with disabilities, to provide qualified interpreters, to ensure adequate housing for inmates with disabilities, to make …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Alkire v. Irving

5:96-cv-02687 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Dec. 16, 1996

Closed Date: 2003

On December 16, 1996, an inmate at the Holmes County Jail in Ohio filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the representatives of the jail and the Holmes County Court in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. The plaintiff asked the district court for declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages, alleging that his constitutional rights had been violated through a denial of due process and equal protection of the court system during sentencing. The specific co…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Hiatt v. Adams County Ohio

1:93-cv-00585 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Aug. 19, 1993

Closed Date: March 23, 1999

In 1993, plaintiffs filed a section 1983 class action suit against Adams County, Ohio, members of the Board of Commissioners, and the Sheriff of Adams County. In 1994, the district court for the Southern District of Ohio (Judge S. Arthur Spiegel) certified plaintiffs' class. Hiatt v. Adams Co., 155 F.R.D. 605 (S.D. Ohio 1994). According to the docket from PACER, plaintiffs filed an interlocutory appeal with the Sixth Circuit, which remanded the matter back to the district court. In 1997, th…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Incarcerated Men of Allen County Jail v. Fair

3:72-cv-00188 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: June 20, 1972

In 1972, plaintiffs filed a pro se complaint alleging that conditions at the Allen County Jail were unbearable. The district court for the Northern District of Ohio (Judge Don J. Young) treated the pro se petition as a class action complaint and appointed counsel from the Advocates for Basic Legal Equity (ABLE). The parties negotiated a settlement agreement regarding ventilation, mail censorship, commissary privileges, visiting hours and facilities, jail population, plumbing, inmates' persona…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Cudnik v. Kreiger

1:74-00275 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: April 2, 1974

Pretrial detainees who had been receiving methadone treatment for drug addiction prior to detention filed a class action against the Sheriff of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the Deputy in charge of jail operations, and the physician at the jail for denying them methadone treatments while in custody. The district court for the Northern District of Ohio (Chief Judge Frank Battisti) enjoined defendants from preventing pretrial detainees, who immediately prior to their detention were participating in an …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Heath v. DeCourcy

1:76-cv-00569 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Dec. 15, 1976

On December 15, 1976, inmates at the Hamilton County Justice Complex filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the county in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. The plaintiffs, represented by the Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati, alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by deficiencies in the areas of overcrowding, staffing, classification, security, fire safety, exercise and recreation, discipline procedures, ventilation, lighting, med…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Roe v. Leis

1:00-cv-00651 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Aug. 9, 2000

Closed Date: 2001

On August 9, 2000, an inmate at the Hamilton County Jail in Cincinnati, Ohio filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Hamilton County in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. The plaintiff, who was represented by private counsel, asked the court for injunctive relief, alleging that her constitutional right to terminate her pregnancy had been violated by the defendants' policies regarding abortion procedures for inmates. Plaintiff's request for abortion services was d…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Doe v. Burwell

1:81-00415 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: April 22, 1981

On April 22, 1981, juveniles confined in Lawrence County Jail in Ironton, Ohio filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1988 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio against a juvenile court judge, county commissioners, the sheriff of Lawrence County, and Lawrence County. The class consisted of all juveniles who were, had been since January 1979, and would be confined in Lawrence County Jail. The plaintiff, who was represented by private counsel, asked the court…