DOJ Investigation of Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility

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Case Name	DOJ Investigation of Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility	JI-MS-0012
Docket / Court	docket unknown ( No Court )
State/Territory	Mississippi
Case Type(s)	Juvenile Institution
Attorney Organization	U.S. Dept. of Justice Civil Rights Division
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

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Issues

Constitutional Clause

Due Process

General

Assault/abuse by staff

Conditions of confinement

Juveniles

Sanitation / living conditions

Sex w/ staff; sexual harassment by staff

Suicide prevention

Totality of conditions

Plaintiff Type

U.S. Dept of Justice plaintiff

Special Case Type

Out-of-court

Causes of Action

34 U.S.C. § 12601 (previously 42 U.S.C. § 14141)
Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997 et seq.

Case Details

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Defendant(s)	Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility
Plaintiff Description	The investigation was run by the Special Litigation section of the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division. The Special Litigation section works to protect civil rights in several areas, including the rights of people in jails, prisons, juvenile detention facilities, and health care facilities for people with disabilities.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	U.S. Dept. of Justice Civil Rights Division
Class action status sought	No
Class action status outcome	Not sought
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	No
Nature of Relief	Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief	Settlement
Form of Settlement	Private Settlement Agreement
Filed	2012
Case Ongoing	No

Related Cases

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Case Listing	JI-MS-0007 : DePriest ex rel. C.B. v. Walnut Grove Correctional Authority (S.D. Miss.)

Additional Resources

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	Review of the Use of Monitors in Civil Settlement Agreements and Consent Decrees Involving State and Local Government Entities U.S. Department of Justice Date: 9/13/2021 By: Attorney General Merrick Garland and Assoc. AG Vanita Gupta (U.S. Department of Justice) [ Detail ] [ PDF ] [ External Link ]
	Policing the Police: The Impact of "Pattern-or-Practice" Investigations on Crime https://www.nber.org/papers/w27324 Date: June 2020 By: Tanaya Devi, Roland G. Fryer Jr (Harvard Faculty) [ Detail ]
	Data examining the Department of Justice's civil rights investigations of local and state police departments Marshall Project Date: Jan. 17, 2017 By: Tom Meagher (Marshall Project) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]
	The Civil Rights Division’s Pattern and Practice Police Reform Work: 1994-Present https://www.justice.gov/ Date: Jan. 4, 2017 By: U.S. Department of Justice [ Detail ] [ External Link ]
	An Interactive Guide to the Civil Rights Division’s Police Reforms https://www.justice.gov/ Date: Jan. 4, 2017 By: U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division (U.S. Department of Justice) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]
	An Analysis of CRIPA Findings Letters Issued to Jails for Constitutional Violations by the Department of Justice Date: Apr. 15, 2016 By: Jeff Mellow, Bryce E. Peterson & Mijin Kim (John Jay College of Criminal Justice Faculty) Citation: Am. J. Crim. Just. (April 2016) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]
	What Happens When Police Are Forced to Reform? Date: Nov. 13, 2015 By: Kimbriell Kelly, Sarah Childress and Steven Rich (Frontline/Post) Citation: Washington Post (Nov. 13, 2015) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]

Documents

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Court	Docket(s)
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	General Documents
not recorded 03/20/2012	Findings Letter (2012) JI-MS-0012-0001.pdf \| Detail Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Special Litigation Section

People

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Plaintiff's Lawyers	Perez, Thomas E. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs JI-MS-0012-0001

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