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JAIL CONDITIONS
Hill v. Pulaski County

4:79-cv-00465 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: Oct. 25, 1979

Closed Date: 2000

On October 25, 1979, inmates of the Pulaski County Jail in Arkansas filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas challenging the conditions of that facility. In 1985, the parties entered into a consent decree that established population limits for the jail and required the sheriff of Pulaski County to notify the Court if anyone attempted to contravene the agreement.  On November 10, 1988, the sheriff filed notice wi…
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…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Vega v. Ward

1:82-cv-06475 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 1982

Closed Date: 1997

On September 29, 1982, incarcerated individuals at the Rikers Island Hospital in New York filed a pro se class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against representatives of the Rikers Island Jails in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated by poor healthcare and other unspecified conditions of confinement. Our docket has a gap between 1983 a…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Thomas v. Mears

4:73-00026 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: Jan. 22, 1973

Closed Date: Dec. 31, 1980

In approximately 1973, juvenile offenders, represented by Central Arkansas Legal Services and private counsel, filed suit in the United States District Court for the Central District of Arkansas against Pulaski County officials challenging procedures employed with juvenile offenders. While we do not have a copy of the complaint, on August 13, 1979, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas (Judge Thomas Eisele) approved a consent decree between the parties. Thomas …
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
CRIPA Investigation, San Francisco (CA)

No Court Case | No Court

In 1985, the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights division opened an investigation of the San Francisco Youth Center pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA). 42 U.S.C. § 1997 et seq. Investigators found the Youth Guidance Center operated in a manner which violated the constitutional rights of juvenile detainees. Specifically, the Youth Guidance Center imposed unreasonable punishment both by arbitrarily denying juveniles access to toilets and by random…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Steven L. v. Kern County

1:83-cv-00189 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: May 5, 1983

On February 17, 1983, juvenile inmates represented by Legal Assistance and Youth Law Center filed class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, against the Kern County Juvenile Hall and the Kern Youth Facility. The complaint sought declaratory and injunctive relief on behalf of the class, and compensatory and punitive damages for the individually named plaintiffs, for violations of 1st, 6th, 8th, and 14th Amendment rights related to…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Bobby M. v. Chiles (Graham & Martinez)

4:83-cv-07003 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Jan. 2, 1983

Closed Date: 2000

On January 2, 1983, juveniles filed a class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. §794), challenging their conditions of confinement at the juvenile facilities in the State of Florida. Those facilities included the McPherson Training School in Ocala, the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna and the Florida School for Boys at Okeechobee, subsequently renamed the Eckerd Youth Developmen…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
H.C. v. Jarrard

4:79-00830 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: April 19, 1979

On or about 1979, juvenile detainees filed a class action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida. The plaintiffs, represented by Central Florida Legal Services, specifically alleged that the Volusia Regional Juvenile Detention Center's policy of performing strip searches and cavity inspections several times a day violated their constitutional rights and th…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
U.S. v. Kentucky

3:95-cv-00757 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Nov. 13, 1995

Closed Date: 2001

On November 13, 1995, the United States Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the commonwealth of Kentucky in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky pursuant in the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997 et seq., and the provisions of the Crime Bill, 42 U.S.C. 14141, concerning the administration of juvenile justice. The DOJ alleged that the conditions at juvenile institutions in Kentucky did not meet constitutional standa…