Filed Date: Dec. 10, 1979
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Prisoners at the Wisconsin State Prison filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Wisconsin Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. The plaintiffs alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by double celling, overcrowding, inadequate medical care, inadequate prison security, inadequate mental health staffing, and inadequate social worker staffing.
On December 28, 1983, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (Judge Robert Warren) held that the space available to each prisoner during double celling was constitutionally adequate, that coerced double celling of inmates with suicidal cellmates was unconstitutional, that the double celled prisoners were given constitutionally adequate amounts of time outside their cells, that prison security, medical, social worker, and mental health staffing was not unconstitutionally deficient, that triple celling was not constitutional except as a temporary holding procedure, and that housing a small number of severely mentally disturbed prisoners in an adjustment center for problem prisoners was constitutional. Delgado v. Cady, 576 F.Supp. 1446 (E.D.Wis. 1983). We have no further information on the proceedings in this case.
Summary Authors
Kristen Sagar (4/13/2006)
Warren, Robert Willis (Wisconsin)
Casey, Kenneth P (Wisconsin)
Repasky, Robert D. (Wisconsin)
Warren, Robert Willis (Wisconsin)
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Key Dates
Filing Date: Dec. 10, 1979
Case Ongoing: No
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
All persons who are or become...confined at the Waupun Correctional Institution and who are...subject to double-celling in a cell designed for occupancy by a single inmate.
Public Interest Lawyer: Unknown
Filed Pro Se: Yes
Class Action Sought: Yes
Class Action Outcome: Granted
Defendants
Wisconsin Department of Corrections (Waupon), State
Case Details
Causes of Action:
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Outcome
Prevailing Party: Mixed
Nature of Relief:
Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
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Order Duration: 1983 - 0
Issues
General:
Staff (number, training, qualifications, wages)
Jails, Prisons, Detention Centers, and Other Institutions:
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