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 proper classification, and inadequate supervision of inmates contributed to the ""reign of terror"" that resulted in repeated sexual assaults. Two private attorneys and an attorney for the National Prison Project of the ACLU represented plaintiff. There is no docket available for this case on PACER, and the only document on file is the complaint, so we have no information on the result of this litigation.

Lauren Cutson - 05/19/2005


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