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JAIL CONDITIONS
CRIPA Investigation, Tulsa County (OK)

No Court Case | No Court

In February of 1994, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice notified Tulsa County, Oklahoma that it intended to investigate conditions in the county jail pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA). In September of 1994, following the investigation, the DOJ notified the Chairman of the Tulsa County Board of Commissioners of its findings and made recommendations regarding staffing and supervision, inmate classification, use of restraints and chemic…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Terry D. v. Rader & Oklahoma

5:78-cv-00004 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: Jan. 4, 1978

Closed Date: 1998

On January 4, 1978, Plaintiffs, represented by Legal Aid of Western Oklahoma, Inc., the National Juvenile Law Center and the Public Defender of Oklahoma County, filed this § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma challenging the conditions of confinement at the juvenile treatment centers of the State of Oklahoma. Plaintiffs sought injunctive and declaratory relief, as well as class certification. The Complaint alleged that plaintiffs were subjected …
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
DOJ CRIPA Investigation, Enid and Paul's Valley State Schools (OK)

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In April 1982, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) initiated an investigation of conditions at Enid State School and Paul's Valley State School in Oklahoma pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. §1997.The DOJ investigation consisted of tours of Enid and Paul's Valley State Schools ("ESS" and "PVSS") by a physician, an educational psychologist, and DOJ personnel.In May 1983, the DOJ issued its findings letter regarding the condition…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Homeward Bound v. Hissom Memorial Center

4:85-cv-00437 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: May 2, 1985

Closed Date: 2007

On May 2, 1985, Homeward Bound, Inc. filed a class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma against the Hissom Memorial Center and various state agencies. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of 600 individuals with intellectual disabilities, most of whom were children, who were incarcerated in Hissom Memorial in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. Homeward Bound was represented by private attorneys and attorneys from the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelp…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Battle v. Anderson

6:72-cv-00095 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: April 24, 1972

Closed Date: 2001

On April 24, 1972, Bobby Battle, an inmate at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, filed a lawsuit pro se in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Oklahoma corrections officials. On March 15, 1973, the district court granted the United State's motion to intervene pursuant to Title IX of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000h-2. Battle was represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma and private counsel and th…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Raven v. Hess

6:77-00165 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: May 27, 1977

Closed Date: 1978

In 1977, a Native American incarcerated in the Oklahoma State Penitentiary ("OSP") filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, against the Warden of OSP. The plaintiff alleged that practices and procedures at OSP denied his right to practice his Native American culture and religion, in violation of his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. On August 4, 1978, the defendant and other officials issued a new section to the operations of t…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Hill v. Anderson

6:73-00087 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: April 5, 1973

Closed Date: 1974

In 1973, a black inmate in the Oklahoma State Penitentiary filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Oklahoma Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. The plaintiff, representing himself, asked the court for money damages, injunctive relief and that he be transferred to a different institution, alleging that defendants, acting under color of law, deprived him of certain of his civil rights in connection with his confinement. Specifica…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Ravitz, on behalf of Kevin Merritt v. Whetsel

No. CV-06-11 | Oklahoma state trial court

Filed Date: Aug. 3, 2006

On August 3, 2006, Oklahoma County Public Defender Robert A. Ravitz, filed a Petition for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief in the State District Court of Oklahoma County on behalf Oklahoma County Detention Center (OCDC) inmates. Petitioner sought to challenge overcrowding and other conditions of inmate detention.The court (Judge Ray C. Elliot) conducted a hearing on August 23 and 24, 2006. Following the hearing, Judge Elliot issued his order making findings of fact and conclusions of law. Judg…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. CREST DISCOUNT FOODS, INC.

5:01-cv-00143 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: Jan. 16, 2001

Closed Date: Oct. 23, 2003

The EEOC's Oklahoma City district office sued Crest Discount Food, Inc. on January 16, 2001 in the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Oklahoma. The EEOC's claim was based on the defendant's violation of Title VII by firing one of its employees, who intervened in February 2001, because of her marriage to an African American man. The parties settled after court-ordered ADR and the court entered a consent decree on October 23, 2001. The consent decree stipulated that Crest would be …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. EAGLE RIDGE INSTITUTE

5:98-cv-00533 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: April 15, 1998

Closed Date: Jan. 20, 2002

The EEOC's Dallas district office sued Eagle Ridge Institute, Inc., an Oklahoma rehabilitation institute, on April 15, 1998 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. The EEOC alleged that Eagle Ridge violated Title VII when it discriminated based on sex (female) by creating a hostile work environment. The parties entered into a consent decree on January 20, 1999 which stipulated that it would not create a hostile work environment for any of its employees, it would not r…