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CHILD WELFARE
Marisol A. v. Giuliani

1:95-cv-10533 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 13, 1995

Closed Date: Aug. 6, 2018

This federal class action was brought by children in the custody of the New York City Child Welfare Administration ("CWA"), and children who, while not in the custody of CWA, are or will be at risk of abuse or neglect and whose status is known or should be known to CWA. It was filed on December 13, 1995 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs, represented by Children's Rights Inc., Lawyers for Children, and private counsel, sought class certification, …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Benjamin v. Horn

1:75-cv-03073 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: June 24, 1975

This case was consolidated for enforcement purposes with Ambrose v. Malcolm; Detainees of Queens House of Detention v. Malcolm; Detainees of Brooklyn House of Detention for Men v. Malcolm; Maldonado v. Ciuros; Forts v. Malcolm; and Rosenthal v. Malcolm. The summary below includes all of these in the consolidated form, but more information about each individual case is included in the "Related Cases" section. On June 24, 1975, a group of pretrial detainees at Rikers Island Detention Center for M…
JAIL CONDITIONS
CRIPA Investigation, Onondaga County (NY)

No Court Case | No Court

On March 29, 1994, following the death of an inmate due to misuse of a chemical agent, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) notified Onondaga County, New York, of its intent to investigate the living conditions of inmates housed at the Onondaga County Public Safety Building in Syracuse, New York. The DOJ conducted this investigation under the authority of 42 U.S.C. §1997, the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA). On September 30, 1994, the DOJ issued a findings letter detaili…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Rhem v. Malcolm

1:70-cv-03962 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 10, 1970

In 1970, overcrowding and trial delays at the Manhattan House of Detention for Men (MHD), a facility in New York City used to incarcerate individuals awaiting trial, led to dangerous and unsanitary conditions. Outbreaks of disturbances amongst incarcerated people occurred in August and October of that year. After these riots, the plaintiffs brought a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York under 42 U.S.C. §1983, alleging that their conditions of con…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Vazquez v. Gray

1:78-cv-04914 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 18, 1978

Closed Date: April 13, 2010

In 1979, inmates at the Westchester County Jail filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the Westchester County Department of Corrections under 42 U.S.C. §1983. The plaintiffs claimed that conditions of overcrowding at the jail violated constitutional guidelines and placed a strain on all of the facilities, including medical, food service, law library, and recreation. The plaintiffs sought preliminary injunction concerning these condi…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Zolnowski v. County of Erie

1:95-cv-00774 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 8, 1995

Closed Date: 1998

On September 8, 1995, inmates at the Erie County Holding Center in Buffalo, New York filed a pro se class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the New York State Commission of Corrections and representatives of the jail. The plaintiff class alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by overcrowding at the jail. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as monetary damages.On October 3,…
JAIL CONDITIONS
U.S. v. Nassau County Sheriff's Dept.

2:02-cv-02382 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: April 22, 2002

Closed Date: May 5, 2008

On April 19, 1999, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) notified the Nassau County Correctional Center (NCCC) in New York of its intent to investigate conditions at the jail to determine whether they were unconstitutional. The DOJ conducted this investigation under the authority of 42 U.S.C. § 1997, also known as the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA). On September 11, 2000, the DOJ issued a findings letter containing evidence that NCCC unconstitutionally physically abused …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Monaco v. Stone

1:98-cv-03386 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: May 5, 1998

Closed Date: Sept. 27, 2016

Background On May 5, 1998, inmates in the Suffolk County Jail in New York filed a putative class action complaint on behalf of all individuals with mental illnesses facing civil commitment in jails and state-run hospitals. The suit also contained some individual claims from an individual plaintiff who was confined in Suffolk County jail and claims from the Mental Disability Law Clinic of Touro Center. The named defendants were various state officials in New York, the New York State Office of M…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Marcera v. Chinlund

1:76-cv-00508 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: Nov. 15, 1976

On November 15, 1976, pretrial detainees in the Monroe County Jail in New York filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the New York Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. The plaintiffs, represented by the Public Interest Law Center of Rochester, New York, alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated because they had been denied contact visits while incarcerated at the jails, and they asked the court for declaratory and i…
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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…