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Case Name	United States v. Hinds County	JC-MS-0021
Docket / Court	3:16-cv-00489-WHB-JCG ( S.D. Miss. )
State/Territory	Mississippi
Case Type(s)	Jail Conditions
Special Collection	Post-PLRA enforceable consent decrees Solitary confinement
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

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Due Process

Content of Injunction

Auditing

Implement complaint/dispute resolution process

Monitor/Master

Monitoring

Other requirements regarding hiring, promotion, retention

Recordkeeping

Training

Crowding

Crowding / caseload

Defendant-type

Corrections

General

Access to lawyers or judicial system

Administrative segregation

Assault/abuse by residents/inmates/students

Assault/abuse by staff

Classification / placement

Conditions of confinement

Disciplinary procedures

Disciplinary segregation

Excessive force

Failure to discipline

Failure to supervise

Failure to train

Improper use of canines

Incident/accident reporting & investigations

Law library access

Library (non-law) access

Over/Unlawful Detention

Record-keeping

Recreation / Exercise

Rehabilitation

Religious programs / policies

Sexual abuse by residents/inmates

Staff (number, training, qualifications, wages)

Suicide prevention

Totality of conditions

Youth / Adult separation

Plaintiff Type

U.S. Dept of Justice plaintiff

Type of Facility

Government-run

Causes of Action

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

Case Details

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Defendant(s)	Hinds County
Plaintiff Description	Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	U.S. Dept. of Justice Civil Rights Division
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	No
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief	Settlement
Form of Settlement	Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Order Duration	2016 - n/a
Filed	2016
Case Ongoing	Yes

Additional Resources

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	See this case at CourtListener.com (May provide additional documents and, for active cases, real-time alerts)
	Mississippi: Hinds County Jails in Crisis, Face Mandated Reforms Prison Legal News Date: 01/15/2017 By: David Reutter, Prison Legal News (Prison Legal News ) [ 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 ]

Documents

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Docket(s)

3:16-cv-489 (S.D. Miss.)
JC-MS-0021-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 08/29/2018
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Letter Regarding Investigation of the Hinds County Adult Detention Center JC-MS-0021-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 05/21/2015 Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Special Litigation Section
Complaint [ECF# 1] JC-MS-0021-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 06/23/2016 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Settlement Agreement [ECF# 2-1] JC-MS-0021-0003.pdf \| Detail Date: 06/23/2016 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Joint Motion for Entry of Settlement Agreement [ECF# 2] JC-MS-0021-0004.pdf \| Detail Date: 06/23/2016 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order [ECF# 8] (S.D. Miss.) JC-MS-0021-0005.pdf \| Detail Date: 07/19/2016 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People

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Judges	Barbour, William Henry Jr. (S.D. Miss.) show/hide docs JC-MS-0021-0005 \| JC-MS-0021-9000 Gargiulo, John C. Court not on record [Magistrate] show/hide docs JC-MS-0021-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Cheng, Christopher N. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs JC-MS-0021-0002 \| JC-MS-0021-0003 \| JC-MS-0021-0004 \| JC-MS-0021-9000 Coon, Laura (District of Columbia) show/hide docs JC-MS-0021-0002 \| JC-MS-0021-0003 \| JC-MS-0021-0004 \| JC-MS-0021-9000 Davis, Gregory K. (Mississippi) show/hide docs JC-MS-0021-0003 \| JC-MS-0021-0004 \| JC-MS-0021-9000 Fleisher, Aaron S (District of Columbia) show/hide docs JC-MS-0021-9000 Kelley, Elizabeth (District of Columbia) show/hide docs JC-MS-0021-0002 \| JC-MS-0021-0003 \| JC-MS-0021-0004 \| JC-MS-0021-9000 Lynch, Loretta (New York) show/hide docs JC-MS-0021-9000 Mayberry, Candace (Mississippi) show/hide docs JC-MS-0021-9000 Paige, Mitzi Dease (Mississippi) show/hide docs JC-MS-0021-0002 \| JC-MS-0021-0003 \| JC-MS-0021-0004 \| JC-MS-0021-9000 Rosenbaum, Steven H. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs JC-MS-0021-0002 \| JC-MS-0021-0003 \| JC-MS-0021-0004 \| JC-MS-0021-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Barker, Claire (Mississippi) show/hide docs JC-MS-0021-0003 \| JC-MS-0021-0004 \| JC-MS-0021-9000 Teeuwissen, Pieter (Mississippi) show/hide docs JC-MS-0021-0003 \| JC-MS-0021-0004 \| JC-MS-0021-9000
Other Lawyers	Gupta, Vanita (District of Columbia) show/hide docs JC-MS-0021-0001 \| JC-MS-0021-0003 \| JC-MS-0021-0004 \| JC-MS-0021-9000 Johnson, Elissa F (Mississippi) show/hide docs JC-MS-0021-9000 Owens, Jody E. II (Mississippi) show/hide docs JC-MS-0021-9000 Wu, Paloma (Mississippi) show/hide docs JC-MS-0021-9000

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