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JAIL CONDITIONS
Miles v. Sampson

1:77-cv-00384 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: Nov. 25, 1977

Closed Date: March 25, 1982

In 1977, an inmate of the Rockingham County Jail brought a pro se lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the officials of Rockingham County Jail. In his complaint he alleged that he was being kept in solitary confinement under conditions so poor as to constitute cruel and unusual punishment, that he was denied medical treatment, and that he was denied the right to confer with his attorney, despite requests. It is unclear wh…
JAIL CONDITIONS
McClendon v. City of Albuquerque

6:95-cv-00024 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Jan. 10, 1995

On January 10, 1995, detainees at the Bernalillo County Detention Center (BCDC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico filed this class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs sued the BCDC under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, 1985, and 1986, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000d), alleging that gross overcrowding and racial discrimination at the jail violated the First, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, Thir…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Jordan v. Fitzharris

65-44786 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 14, 1965

Closed Date: Sept. 6, 1966

In 1965, an inmate at the California Correctional Training Facility at Soledad filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the California Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiff, who initially brought the proceeding on his own behalf and then was represented by court-appointed private counsel, asked the court for injunctive and monetary relief, alleging that he was subjected to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of hi…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Madrid v. Gomez

3:90-cv-03094 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 26, 1990

Closed Date: 2011

On October 26, 1990, prisoners at the Pelican Bay State Prison in Crescent City, California filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the California Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs, represented by the Prison Law Office, alleged that the conditions of their confinement were unconstitutional, and they asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief. Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged that the …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Plata v. Newsom

4:01-cv-01351 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 20, 2001

NOTE: Documents relating to the prison overcrowding proceedings in this case under the Prison Litigation Reform Act, which led to imposition of a statewide prison population cap, affirmed by the Supreme Court, are presented in a different case record. See "related cases" below. Summary: On April 5, 2001, nine male California incarcerated persons filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, against officials of the California Department of C…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Toussaint v. McCarthy / Wright v. Enonmoto

3:73-cv-01422 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 15, 1973

Closed Date: Feb. 13, 1997

In 1973, prisoners confined in administrative segregation in four California state prisons - San Quentin, Folsom, Dueul Vocational Institute at Tracy, and the Correctional Training Facility at Soledad - filed a class-action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the California Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs sought relief on two claims: 1) that they had been placed in administrative segregation without any procedural …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Joslyn v. Armstrong

3:01-cv-00198 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2001

Closed Date: 2001

On February 7, 2001, prisoners at the Wallens Ridge State Prison in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, filed this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Connecticut Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. The plaintiffs were Connecticut citizens, convicted and sentenced to the custody of the Connecticut Department of Corrections by Connecticut state courts. They were placed at Wallens Ridge State Prison (a supermax facility in Virginia) pursuant to an I…
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Taifa v. Bayh

3:92-cv-00429 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: May 6, 1992

Closed Date: 2009

On May 6, 1992, inmates at the Maximum Control Complex in Westville, Indiana (MCC) filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against the Governor of Indiana, and the State Department of Corrections (DOC), in Marion County Superior Court. The plaintiffs, filing pro se and subsequently represented by ACLU of Indiana, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages, complaining that conditions and practices at the prison violated their Eighth and Fourteenth Ame…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Nelson v. Collins

1:77-00116 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Jan. 25, 1977

Closed Date: 1997

In 1977, prisoners at the Maryland Penitentiary and the Maryland Reception, Diagnostic and Classification Center, represented by the Prisoner Assistance Project, filed a Section 1983 class action suit in federal district court for the District of Maryland against the officials for the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. The suit alleged that the prison was overcrowded and that defendants' confined mentally ill inmates in isolation without adequate medical assistanc…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Ayers v. Perry

1:02-cv-01438 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Nov. 14, 2002

Closed Date: 2003

In October 2002, prisoners confined at the Special Controls Facilities within the New Mexico State penal system filed a Section 1983 class action suit in the District of New Mexico against officials of the New Mexico Department of Corrections. Represented by the ACLU National Prison Project and other counsel, plaintiffs alleged that defendants did not provide adequate mental health care, used excessive force, and discouraged the filing of grievances. Plaintiffs also alleged that defendants' act…