On December 29, 1982, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice [DOJ] filed a civil rights enforcement action against the North Carolina Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, alleging racial segregation and other unconstitutional and discriminatory practices within the North Carolina prison system. The DOJ sought declaratory and injunctive relief in the form of a permanent injunction compelling the North Carolina Department of Corrections to desegregate its prisons, discontinue its practice of dual prison facilities and to remove any other vestiges of racial discrimination.

Before any discovery was begun on the case, the parties engaged in settlement negotiations which resulted in the resolution of the case during the first week of May 1983. On May 12, 1983, the District Court (Judge Franklin Taylor Dupree, Jr.) dismissed the case with prejudice upon the stipulation of the parties. The terms of the settlement are unknown and we have no further information on this case.

Dan Dalton - 07/23/2007


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