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Cold, Vermin and Sewage in New York Prison May Violate Eighth Amendment by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A New York state prisoner who had been subjected to inhumane and unsanitary living conditions was found by the Second Circuit US Court of Appeals to have stated a claim …
Puerto Rico Prison Officials Fined $10 Million by A federal court in Puerto Rico held prison officials in contempt for failing to comply with court orders governing prison conditions and imposed a contempt sanction of $10 million. More than 20 years ago the court first dealt with prison overcrowding in …
Maynor v. Morgan County, AL, Consent Decree, Inmate Funds Misappropriation, 2001 Case 5:01-cv-00851-AKK Document 45 Filed 09/25/01 Page 1 of 18 F·- 11'··~ L::. ·-.. r·) IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA 01SEP25 PM 3: 32 NORTHEASTERN DMSION U.S. DiS: r.;~: N.O. OF AL …
Maynor v. Morgan County, AL, Complaint, Inmate Funds Misappropriation, 2001 Case 5:01-cv-00851-AKK Document 1 Filed 04/05/01 Page 1 of 17 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA C. / "~i - 3 i.. ; ~·: NORTHERN DMSION JOHNNY MAYNOR, Anthony Murphree, Christopher Nichols, Yvette Barbee, …
$53,000 Settlement in AL Conditions Suit by On April 8, 2000, the Alabama Department of Corrections settled a conditions lawsuit by agreeing to pay eight prisoners $53,000 in damages and establish basic standards of care at the Loxley Community Work Center in Mobile, Alabama. In August, 1997, eight prisoners were …
No Interlocutory Appeal of Disputed Facts by The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that prison officials may not appeal a district court's denial of their motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity when the denial is due to disputed issues of material fact. Larry Thomas, a …
DC Women Prisoners' Suit Settled by In the December 1995, June 1996 and September 1997 issues of PLN we reported the saga of Womens Prisoners of the District of Columbia DOC v. District of Columbia , which is cited in 877 F.Supp. 634, 899 F.Supp. 659, and 93 F.3d 910, …
Conditions in Camden County Jail Unconstitutional by In 1992 and 1993 numerous' present and former CCJ prisoners filed civil rights complaints in federal court alleging an assortment of constitutional violations. Because the issues mirrored those involved in Camden County Jail Inmates v. Parker , 123 F.R.D. 490 (DNJ 1988), a …
AL Jail Enjoined From Holding Prisoners Overnight by Afederal district court in Alabama held that conditions in the Pickens county jail in Carrolton, Alabama, were so abysmal it was not fit for human or animal habitation. Prisoners in the jail filed a class action suit challenging the conditions of their …
Illinois Jail Conditions Suit States Claim by The court of appeals for the seventh circuit held a district court erred in dismissing a pretrial detainee's conditions of confinement suit for failure to state a claim under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). The court also held it was error to dismiss defendants not properly …
Philadelphia Fined for Degrading City Prisons by A Philadelphia common pleas court panel fined the city $2.2 million for "degrading" conditions in the city's prisons. The judgment, passed down by a three judge panel in early October, 1996, was accompanied by a contempt of court citation for the city. The …
Chemical Toilets May Violate Eighth Amendment in Massachusetts Class Action by A federal district court in Massachusetts has set for trial a class action suit by state prisoners claiming that chemical toilets pose a health hazard that violates the eighth amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Also to be …
Sexual Harassment Violates Eighth Amendment by A federal district court in the District of Columbia (DC) granted extensive injunctive and declaratory relief for a class of women prisoners who filed suit challenging their conditions of confinement in DC prison facilities. The rights of women prisoners were also violated under Title …
Detainees Entitled to Non-Punitive Conditions by Pretrial detainees, who have not been convicted of any crimes, may not be punished in any manner. This includes housing them in jail conditions that could be construed as punitive. Dale Miller filed suit over conditions at the Cook County (Chicago) Jail. He claimed …
No Immunity for Cold Filthy Cell by Melvin Wilson is an Illinois state prisoner. He filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming he was discharged from his prison job due to his race and when placed in segregation he was placed in a filthy, roach infested, leaking cell whose …
Suit Filed Over Conditions at Virgin Islands Criminal Justice Complex by For almost two years, prisoners at Criminal Justice Complex have been locked up for 23 hours a day in overcrowded, filthy, rat and roach infested cells. They are only allowed out for a short period each day to shower …
Article • April 15, 1994 • from PLN April, 1994
Detainees Have Right to be Vermin Free by Two federal pretrial detainees housed under contract in the Allegheny County Jail (ACJ) in Pennsylvania sued jail officials for a wide variety of ailments affecting jail prisoners. Among the issues they filed suit on were: inadequate ventilation, extreme temperatures, excessive noise, use …
Article • April 15, 1994 • from PLN April, 1994
Infestation Violates 8th Amendment by Several pretrial detainees in the Cook County jail in Chicago filed suit over rodent infestation at the jail. Several of the plaintiffs claimed they had been bitten by rats, one was attacked by a swarm of mice. Administrative grievances and complaints to jail officials failed …
Inhumane Conditions Suit Requires Trial by Marshal Jackson, an Indiana state prisoner filed suit on the subhuman prison conditions he was subjected to in the Indiana penal system. He claimed he was forced to live with filth, inadequate plumbing, roaches, rodents, poor lighting, inadequate heating, rusted out toilets, drinking water …
Article • June 15, 1991 • from PLN June, 1991
Inhumane Living at CCI by Angelo Crimi Inhumane Living At CCI By Angelo Crimi CHILLICOTHE, OHIO - Prisoners at Chillicothe Correctional Institution (CCI) confined in the segregation unit are constantly subjected to cruel and unusual punishment. Prisoners are confined to a building that is over 100 years old and the …
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