Case: Re: Yolo County Jail

NA | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: 1987

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Case Summary

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California issued a consent decree on August 4, 1987, concerning overcrowding conditions at the jail in Yolo County, California. The consent decree provided that in order to maintain the inmate population cap, and notwithstanding California state law, the sheriff was authorized to extend the California Penal Code section 4024.2 work program to incarcerated inmates. Qualifying inmates were eligible to have one day of their sentence ded…

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California issued a consent decree on August 4, 1987, concerning overcrowding conditions at the jail in Yolo County, California. The consent decree provided that in order to maintain the inmate population cap, and notwithstanding California state law, the sheriff was authorized to extend the California Penal Code section 4024.2 work program to incarcerated inmates. Qualifying inmates were eligible to have one day of their sentence deducted for each day of work performed provided they stay in the jail at night while participating in the work program.

All the information on the case that we have gathered is from an opinion in the related case People v. McOwens (regarding the eligibility of inmates with probationary sentences to receive work-time credit). See People v. McOwens, 270 Cal.Rptr. 756 (Cal. Ct. App. 1990). Unfortunately, the opinion in that case quotes but does not cite the decree in the present case. Therefore, we do not know either the name or docket number of this case.

Summary Authors

Tom Madison (3/14/2006)

Related Cases

People v. McOwens, California state appellate court (1989)

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Case Details

State / Territory: California

Case Type(s):

Jail Conditions

Key Dates

Filing Date: 1987

Case Ongoing: No reason to think so

Plaintiffs

Plaintiff Description:

Yolo County Jail inmates

Public Interest Lawyer: Unknown

Filed Pro Se: No

Class Action Sought: Yes

Class Action Outcome: Granted

Defendants

Yolo County (Yolo), County

Case Details

Causes of Action:

42 U.S.C. § 1983

Habeas Corpus, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241-2253; 2254; 2255

Available Documents:

None of the above

Outcome

Prevailing Party: Plaintiff

Nature of Relief:

Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement

Source of Relief:

Unknown

Form of Settlement:

Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree

Order Duration: 1987 - None

Issues

Jails, Prisons, Detention Centers, and Other Institutions:

Crowding / caseload

Pre-PLRA Population Cap

Type of Facility:

Government-run