U.S. Department
of Justice
Special Litigation Section -- Archives
Jails and Prisons Investigations
- Mobile County Metro Jail - Closed
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2009) - Varden, et al. v. City of Clanton - Statement of Interest
Statement of Interest (2015) - Sebastian County Adult Detention Center - Closed
Findings Letter (2006) | MOA (2008) - Coleman v. Brown - Statement of Interest
Statement of Interest (2013) | Response to Defendants' Motion to Exclude SOI (2013) | Order Denying Motion to Exclude SOI (2013) - Mitchell v. Cate - Statement of Interest
Statement of Interest (2013) - Orange County Jail - Closed
Case Summary | Investigatory Results Letter (2014) - Muscogee County Jail - Closed
Case Summary | Complaint (1999) | Settlement (1999) | Memorandum of Agreement (2015) - South Fulton County Jail - Statement of Interest
Case Summary | Statement of Interest (2019) - Guam Jail and Prisons - Closed
Case Summary | Settlement Agreement (1991) - Oahu Community Correctional Center - Closed
Findings Letter (2007) | Complaint (2008) | Settlement (2008) - Cook County Jail - Closed
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2008) | Settlement (2010) - Lake County Jail - Closed
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2009) | Complaint (2010) | Settlement (2010) - Topeka Correctional Facility - Closed
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2012) | Settlement Agreement (2014) - Baltimore City Detention Center - Closed
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2002) | MOU (2007) | MOA (2012) | Compliance Letter (2015) - Westchester County Jail - Closed
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2009) | Settlement Agreement (2015) - Franklin County Jail - Closed
Case Summary | Complaint in Intervention (2010) | Settlement (2011) - Pennsylvania Department of Corrections - Closed
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2014) | Closing Letter (2016) - State Correctional Institution at Cresson - Closed
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2013) - State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh - Closed
Closing Letter (2014) - Dallas County Jail - Closed
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2006) | Complaint (2007) | Settlement (2007) | MOU (2012) - Harris County Jail - Closed
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2009) - Piedmont Regional Jail - Closed
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2012) | Complaint (2013) | Settlement Agreement (2013) | Order Approving Agreement (2013) - Wilson County Jail
Findings Letter (2007) | MOA (2008) - Worcester County Jail and House of Correction
Findings Letter (2008) - Escambia County Jail
Findings Letter (2013) - Correctional Facilities of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Findings Letter (1998) | Complaint (1999) | Settlement (1999) - Delaware Correctional Center, Howard R. Young Correctional Institution, Sussex Correctional Institution, John L. Webb Correctional Facility, and Delores J. Baylor Women's Correctional Institution
Findings Letter (2006) | MOA (2006) | Amended MOA (2009) - Terrell County Jail
Case Summary | Order on Summary Judgment (2006) |
Proposed Remedial Order (2007) | Remedial Order (2007) |
Joint Motion to Modify Remedial Order (2011) |
Order Approving Motion to Modify Remedial Order (2011) - King County Correctional Facility
Findings Letter (2007) | Complaint (2009) | Settlement (2009) - Taycheedah Correctional Institution
Findings Letter (2006) | Complaint (2008) | Settlement (2008) - Patrick County Jail, Virginia
- (Closed 01/10/11)
- Garfield County Jail and Garfield County Work Center, Oklahoma
- (Closed 04/28/10)
- Santa Fe County Adult Detention Center, New Mexico
- (Closed 12/04/09)
- Shelby County Jail, Tennessee
- (Closed 12/01/09)
- LeFlore County Jail, Oklahoma
- (Closed 08/04/09)
- Wicomico County Detention Center, Maryland
- (Closed 05/28/09)
- Nassau County Correctional Center, New York
- (Closed 09/25/08)
- Wyoming State Penitentiary
- (Closed 07/05/06)
- McPherson and Grimes Correctional Units, Arkansas
- (Closed 03/27/07)
- United States v. Gila County, Arizona (01/05/99)
- (Closed 01/20/04)
- United States v. Arizona (03/11/99)
- (Closed 12/17/99)
- United States v. Michigan (08/17/99)
- (Closed 03/07/00)
- Black Hawk County Jail (Waterloo, Iowa) (01/04/99)
- (Closed 03/07/03)
- Clark County Jail (Clark County, Nevada) (02/17/99)
- (Closed 06/27/02)
- Arizona Women's Prisons (08/08/96)
- (Closed 12/17/99)
- United States v. Arizona (03/10/97)
- (Closed 12/17/99)
- United States v. Michigan (03/10/97)
- (Closed 03/07/00)
Juvenile Correctional Facilities Investigations
- Terrebonne Parish Juvenile Detention Center
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2011) |
Settlement Agreement (2011) | Order Entering Settlement (2011) - G.F. v. Contra Costa County et al. - Statement of Interest
Statement of Interest (2014) - Los Angeles County Juvenile Probation Camps - Closed
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2008) | MOA (2008) | First Amendment to MOA (2010) | Second Amendment to MOA (2012) - H.C. v. Bradshaw - Statement of Interest
Case Summary | Statement of Interest (2018) | Complaint (2018) | Settlement Agreement (2018) - N.P. et al. v. the State of Georgia et al. - Statement of Interest
Statement of Interest (2015) - Indiana Juvenile Facilities, Indianapolis and Pendleton - Closed
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2010, Indianapolis Juvenile Correctional Facility) | Findings Letter (2012, Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility) | Closing Letter (2017, Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility) - S.R. and L.G. Kenton County, et al. - Statement of Interest
Case Summary | Statement of Interest (2015) | Order on Motion to Dismiss (2015) | Opinion on Summary Judgement (2017) | Final Order (2018) - Doe v. Michigan Department of Corrections - Statement of Interest
Statement of Interest (2014) - Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility - Closed
Findings Letter (2012) - St. Louis County Family Court - Closed
Case Summary | Findings Cover Letter (2015) | Findings Report (2015) | Memorandum of Agreement (2016) | Closing Letter (2019) - New York Juvenile Facilities - Closed
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2009) | Complaint (2010) | Settlement Agreement (2010) | Order Dismissing Columbia Girls Secure Center (2014) | Order Granting Joint Motion to Dismiss Finger Lakes (2015) - Onondaga County Jail - Statement of Interest
Case Summary | Order Granting Preliminary Injunction (2017) - Scioto and Marion Juvenile Correctional Facilities - Closed
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2007, Scioto) | Findings Letter (2007, Marion) | Complaint (2008) | Amended Consent Decree (2009) | Order Dismissing Case (2015) - Kenny v. Wilson - Statement of Interest
Case Summary | Statement of Interest (2016) - Shelby County Juvenile Court - Closed
Case Summary | Findings Cover Letter (2012) | Findings Report (2012) | Memorandum of Agreement (2012) | Closing Letter (2019) - Disability Rights Vermont v. State of Vermont - Statement of Interest
Case Summary | Statement of Interest (2019) - Oakley and Columbia Training Schools
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2003) | Complaint (2003) |
MOA (2005, mental health, rehabilitation, education, and special education) | Settlement (2005, protection from harm and medical care) - Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys and the Jackson Juvenile Offender Center in Florida
Findings Report | Findings Cover Letter - L.E. Rader Center in Sand Springs, Oklahoma
Findings Letter | Complaint | Settlement - Logansport Intake/Diagnostic Facility and the South Bend Juvenile Correctional Facility, Indiana
Findings Letter (Logansport) | Findings Letter (South Bend) | - Complaint | Settlement
- Plainfield Juvenile Correctional Facility, Indiana
Findings Letter - Alexander Youth Services Center, Arkansas
Findings Letter | Complaint | Settlement - Marion Superior Court Juvenile Detention Center, Indiana
- (Closed 10/19/11)
- Evins Regional Juvenile Center, Texas
- (Closed 09/22/11)
- Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility in Kailua, Hawaii
- (Closed 05/11/11)
- Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center, Maryland
- (Closed 08/19/10)
- Los Angeles County Juvenile Halls
- (Closed 12/04/09)
- W.J. Maxey Training School, Michigan
- (Closed 06/30/09)
- Cheltenham Youth Facility and Charles H. Hickey, Jr., School, Maryland
- (Closed 05/07/09)
- Nevada Youth Training Center in Elko, Nevada
- (Closed 03/17/08)
- Arizona Juvenile Justice Facilities (Adobe Mountain School, Black Canyon School, and Catalina Mountain School)
- (Closed 09/27/07)
- Custer Youth Correctional Center, South Dakota
- (Closed 12/04/04)
- Louisiana Juvenile Facilities
- Georgia Juvenile Facilities
- United States v. Kentucky (12/04/95)
- (Closed 01/16/01)
- United States v. Puerto Rico (12/11/97)
- (Closed 01/25/02)
- United States v. Louisiana (10/03/00)
- (Closed 01/06/04)
- Kentucky Juvenile Facilities (7/28/95)
- (Closed 01/16/01)
- United States v. Kentucky (11/13/95)
- (Closed 01/16/01)
Mental Health Facilities Investigations
- St. Elizabeths Hospital
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2006) | Complaint (2007) | Settlement (2007) | Order of Dismissal (2014) - California State Hospitals (Metropolitan, Napa, Patton, and Alascadero State Hospitals)
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2003, Metropolitan) |
Findings Letter (2004, Metropolitan) |
Findings Letter (2005, Napa) |
Findings Letter (2006, Patton) |
Findings Letter (2006, Alascadero) | Complaint (2006) |
Settlement (2006) - North Carolina Public Mental Health Hospitals (Dorothea Dix, Broughton, Cherry, and John Umstead Hospitals)
Findings Letter (2004) - Ancora Pyschiatric Hospital, New Jersey
Findings Letter - Fort Bayard Medical Center, New Mexico
Findings Letter | Complaint | Settlement - Vermont State Hospital in Waterbury, Vermont
- (Closed 12/17/10)
- G. Pierce Wood Memorial Hospital, Florida
- (Closed 06/30/04)
- United States v. Virginia (Central State) (05/06/99)
- (Closed 10/04/01)
- Western State Hospital (Virginia) (10/6/99)
- (Closed 09/05/03)
- Central State Hospital (Virginia) (06/30/97)
- (Closed 10/04/01)
- Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute (04/03/96)
- (Closed 07/05/01)
- United States v. Virginia (Central State Hospital) (05/06/99)
- (Closed 10/04/01)
- United States v. Virginia (Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute) (06/10/97)
- (Closed 07/05/01)
Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facility Investigations
- Arlington Developmental Center
Case Summary | Order Denying Motion to Vacate (2012) |
Exit Plan (2013) | Agreed Order Entering Exit Plan (2013) |
Order Dismissing the Case (2013) |
Supplemental Judgment (2013) - W.A. Howe and Clyde L. Choate Developmental Centers
Findings Letter (2009, Howe) | Findings Letter (2009, Choate) - Arkansas Human Development Centers
Case Summary | Complaint (2010, ADA) - Conway Human Development Center
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2004) |
Complaint (2009) |
Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Memo in Support (2010) - Missouri Developmental Disability Services
Findings Letter (2007, Bellefontaine Habilitation Center) |
Findings Letter (2008, Northwest Habilitation Center) - Oakwood Developmental Center, Kentucky
- (Closed 9/29/11)
- New Lisbon Developmental Center, New Jersey
- Woodbridge Developmental Center, New Jersey
- Rosewood Center, Maryland
- (Closed 07/18/11)
- Woodward State Resource Center and Glenwood State Resource Center, Iowa
- (Closed 04/30/10)
- Pinecrest and Hammond Developmental Centers, Louisiana
- (Closed 06/15/07)
- Southern Wisconsin and Central Wisconsin Centers for the Developmentally Disabled, Wisconsin
- (Closed 08/31/06)
- United States v. Tennessee (Closed 02/25/98)
- United States v. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Interim Settlement) (04/29/99) (09/12/03)
- United States v. State of Louisiana(PDF) (10/23/03) (Closed 02/12/01)
- Connecticut Valley Hospital
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2007) | Complaint (2009) | Settlement (2009) | Notice of Substantial Compliance with Certain Terms and Extension (2013) - Georgia Advocacy Office v. Shelp
Statement of Interest (2010) - Hunter v. Cook
Statement of Interest (2013) - ILADD v. Quinn
Statement of Interest (2013) - Troupe v. Bryant
Statement of Interest (2013) - Disability Rights New Jersey, Inc. v. Velez
Brief as Amicus Curiae (2010) - Benjamin v. Department of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Case Summary | Brief as Amicus Curiae (2010) | Brief as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellees (2012) - Sciarrillo v. Christie - Statement of Interest
Statement of Interest (2013) | Order Dismissing Case (2013) | Opinion Regarding Dismissal (2013) | Order Dismissing As Moot (2014) | Appellate Brief as Amicus (2014)
Nursing Home and Other Investigations
- W.F. Green State Veterans' Homes, Alabama
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2008) |
Settlement Agreement (2011) - Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, California
- (Closed 07/18/11)
- C.M. Tucker, Jr., Nursing Care Center, South Carolina and MOA
- (Closed 02/15/11)
- Reginald P. White Nursing Facility, Mississippi
- (Closed 12/22/10)
- Mercer County Geriatric Center, New Jersey
- (Closed 08/26/10)
- Tennessee State Veterans' Homes in Humboldt and Murfreesboro
- (Closed 07/16/10)
- Nashville Metropolitan Bordeaux Hospital, Tennessee
- New Mexico School for the Visually Handicapped
- (Closed 08/28/08)
- A. Holly Patterson Geriatric Center, New York
- (Closed 04/07/08)
- Banks-Jackson-Commerce Medical Center and Nursing Home, Georgia
- (Closed 03/07/07)
- Nim Henson Geriatric Center, Kentucky
- Claudette Box Nursing Home, Alabama
- (Closed 02/12/04)
- Baxter Manor Nursing Home, Arkansas
- (Closed 02/16/05)
- United States v. City of Philadelphia (08/14/98)(Closed 12/09/01)
- Hamilton County Nursing Home (Hamilton County, Tennessee) (05/21/97)
- (Closed 07/03/01)
- D.C. Village Nursing Home (District of Columbia) (10/03/94)
- (Closed 05/14/97)
- United States v. City of Philadelphia (08/14/98)
- (Closed 10/09/01)
- Bell et al. v. City of Boise, et al. - Statement of Interest
Statement of Interest (2015) - (Closed 08/12/15)
Conduct of Law Enforcement Agencies Settlements and Court Decisions
- Easton Police Department
Case Summary |
First Preliminary Technical Assistance Letter on Policies (2006) |
Second Preliminary Technical Assistance Letter on Policies (2006) |
Technical Assistance Letter (2007) |
Technical Assistance Letter on Updated Policies (2010) |
Memorandum of Agreement (2010) - Lorain Police Department
Technical Assistance Report (2012) | Closing Letter (2012) - Los Angeles Police Department
Technical Assistance Letter (2000) |
Settlement (2001, text version) | Settlement (2001, pdf version) |
Transition Agreement Order (2009) - Metropolitan Police Department
Findings Letter (2001) | Press Conference (2001) |
MOA (2001) | Summary of Agreement (2001) |
1st Modification to MOA (2002) | 4th Modification to MOA (2007) - Austin Police Department
- (Closed 05/27/11)
- New Jersey State Police
- (Closed 10/26/09)
- Prince George's County Police Department
- (Closed 01/13/09)
- Buffalo Police Department, New York
- (Closed 07/09/08)
- City of Bakersfield Police Department
- (Closed 01/25/08)
- Cincinnati Police Department, Ohio
- (Closed 04/12/07)
- Mt. Prospect Police Department, Illinois
- (Closed 12/28/06)
- Villa Rica Police Department, Georgia
- (Closed 12/23/06)
- Cleveland Division of Police
- (Closed 03/15/05)
- Alabaster Police Department
- (Closed 09/07/05)
- Portland, Maine Police Department
- (Closed 06/27/05)
- Miami Police Department
- (Closed 05/19/06)
- Steubenville Police Department
- (Closed 03/03/05)
- Columbus Division of Police, Ohio (Closed 05/12/04)
- Memorandum of Agreement Between the United States and City of Highland Park, Illinois (7/11/01) (Closed 07/14/04)
- See also, Consent Decree in Ledford v. City of Highland Park, Illinois (10/5/00) (Closed 07/14/04)
- United States v. City of Pittsburgh (Closed 06/16/05)
- Maricopa County Sheriff's Office - (Closed 08/12/10)
Case Summary | Title VI Complaint (2010) | Title VI Agreement (2011) | Findings Letter (2011, English) | Findings Letter (2011, Spanish) | Complaint (2012) | Order Granting Summary Judgment (2015) | Partial Settlement Agreement (2015) - Phoenix Police Department - Closed, Findings Report Withdrawn
Case Summary | Findings Report (2024 English) | Findings Report (2024 Spanish) - Inglewood Police Department - Closed
Technical Assistance Letter (2009) - East Haven Police Department - Closed
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2011, English) | Findings Letter (2011, Spanish) | Letter of Intent (2012) | Complaint (2012) | Settlement (2012) - Escambia County Sheriff's Office - Closed
Technical Assistance Letter (2012) - City of Miami Police Department - Closed
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2013) | Findings Letter (Spanish, 2013) | Findings Letter (Creole, 2013) | Settlement Agreement (2016) | First Independent Reviewer's Report (December 2016) | Second Independent Reviewer's Report (May 2017) | Third Independent Reviewer's Report (June-September 2017) | Fourth Independent Reviewer's Report (October 2017-January 2018) | Fifth Independent Reviewer's Report (February-May 2018) | Sixth Independent Reviewer's Report (June-September (2018) | Seventh Independent Reviewer's Report (October 2018-January 2019) | Eighth Independent Reviewer's Report (February-May 2019) | Tenth Enforcement Report (October 2019-March 2020) | Closeout Letter (2021) - Orange County Sheriff's Office - Closed
Technical Assistance Letter (2008) | Settlement (2010) - Chicago Police Department - Closed
Case Summary | Findings Report (2017) | Cover Letter to Findings Report (2017) | Findings Report Executive Summary (Spanish, 2017) | Agreement in Principle (2017) - Harvey Police Department - Closed
Technical Assistance Report (2012) | Closing Letter (2012) - Louisiana State Police - Closed, Findings Report Withdrawn
Case Summary | Findings Report (2025) - Sharp v. Baltimore City Police Department - Statement of Interest
Statement of Interest (2012) | Letter to Parties (2012) - Garcia v. Montgomery County - Statement of Interest
Statement of Interest (2013) - Detroit Police Department - Closed
Technical Assistance Letter (2002) | Settlement (2003) | Transition Agreement (2014) - Missoula Police Department - Closed
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2013) | Settlement Agreement (2013) - Trenton Police Department - Closed, Findings Report Withdrawn
Case Summary | Findings Report (2024) | Findings Report Executive Summary (2024) | Findings Report Executive Summary (2024) Spanish - Beacon Police Department - Closed
Technical Assistance Letter (2005) | Settlement (2010) - Mount Vernon Police Department - Closed, Findings Report Withdrawn
Case Summary | Findings Report (2024) | Findings Summary (2024) Spanish - Schenectady Police Department - Closed
Technical Assistance Letter (2003) - Alamance County Sheriff's Office - Closed
Rule 4.2 Complaint (2011) | Findings Letter (2012, English) | Findings Letter (2012, Spanish) | Complaint (2012) | Opinion and Order (2015) | Settlement Agreement (2016) - Warren Police Department - Closed
Case Summary | Technical Assistance Letter (2006) | Settlement (2012) - Oklahoma City Police Department - Closed, Findings Report Withdrawn
Case Summary | Findings Report (2025) | Findings Report Executive Summary (2025) | Findings Report Executive Summary 2025 (Spanish) - Memphis Police Department - Closed, Findings Report Withdrawn
Case Summary | Findings Report (2024) | Findings Report Executive Summary (2024) - S.R. and L.G. v. Kenton County, et al. - Statement of Interest
Case Summary | Statement of Interest (2015) | Order on Motion to Dismiss (2015) | Opinion on Summary Judgment (2017) | Final Order (2018) - Missoula County Attorney's Office - Closed
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2014) | Memorandum of Understanding (2014) - University of Montana Office of Public Safety - Closed
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2013) | Settlement Agreement (2013) - Floyd v. City of New York - Statement of Interest
Statement of Interest (2013) - Padilla v. City of New York - Statement of Interest
Statement of Interest (2013)
Access to Reproductive Health Clinics and Places of Worship Settlements and Court Decisions
- United States v. Operation Rescue National
- United States v. McMillan (District Court Contempt Decision (03/31/99) -- Reported at 53 F.Supp.2d 895 (S.D. Miss. 1999)
- (Closed 03/15/01)
- United States v. Gregg (District Court Decision) (12/11/98) -- Reported at 32 F.Supp. 2d 151 (D. N.J. 1998)
- (Closed 04/19/01)
- See also: Complaint
- United States v. Brock
District Court Decision Reported at 2 F.Supp.2d 1172 (E.D. Wis. 1998) - United States v. Brown (Consent Decree) (10/15/97)
- (Closed 04/02/01)
- United States v. Roach (District Court Preliminary Injunction) (11/29/96) -- Reported at 947 F.Supp. 872 (E.D. Penn. 1996)
- (Closed 08/14/01)
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