Special Litigation Section News

Special Litigation Section News

Special Litigation Section News

Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Press Release
Federal Court Issues Order in Lawsuit Against the Twin Cities of Colorado City, Arizona and Hildale, Utah, Finding Widespread Police Misconduct and Religious Discrimination
Friday, January 13, 2017
Press Release
Justice Department Announces Findings of Investigation into Chicago Police Department
Friday, January 13, 2017
Speech
Head of the Civil Rights Division Vanita Gupta Delivers Remarks at Press Conference Announcing Findings of Investigation into Chicago Police Department
Thursday, January 12, 2017
Speech
Head of the Civil Rights Division Vanita Gupta Delivers Remarks at a Press Conference Announcing a Consent Decree with City of Baltimore
Thursday, January 12, 2017
Press Release
Justice Department Reaches Agreement with City of Baltimore to Reform Police Department’s Unconstitutional Practices
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Press Release
Justice Department Releases Report on Civil Rights Division’s Pattern and Practice Police Reform Work
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Press Release
Justice Department Files Brief to Address Solitary Confinement of Juvenile Offenders in New York
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Press Release
Justice Department Finds Louisiana Unnecessarily Relies on Nursing Facilities to Provide Services to People with Serious Mental Illness
Monday, December 19, 2016
Press Release
Justice Department Announces Findings of Investigation into Ville Platte, Louisiana, Police Department and Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office
Thursday, December 15, 2016
Press Release
Justice Department Opens Investigations of Orange County, California, District Attorney’s Office and Sheriff’s Department
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Press Release
Justice Department Enters into Agreement to Reform the Family Court of St. Louis County, Missouri
Monday, December 12, 2016
Press Release
Justice Department Opens Investigation into Hampton Roads Regional Jail in Portsmouth, Virginia
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Press Release
Department of Justice Files Statement of Interest in South Carolina Statewide School-to-Prison Pipeline Case
Monday, November 14, 2016
Press Release
Justice Department Reaches Agreement with City of Yonkers, New York, to Enhance Police Department Policies and Procedures
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Press Release
Justice Department Announces Investigation into Conditions at Boyd County Detention Center
Monday, October 24, 2016
Press Release
Survey of Community Attitudes Towards Seattle Police Department Filed in Federal Court
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Press Release
Federal Court Terminates Agreement after Delaware Reforms Service System for People with Mental Illness
Thursday, October 6, 2016
Press Release
Justice Department Announces Statewide Investigation into Conditions in Alabama’s Prisons for Men
Thursday, August 11, 2016
Press Release
Justice Department Sues Mississippi for Discriminating Against Adults with Mental Illness
Thursday, June 23, 2016
Press Release
Justice Department Reaches Settlement to Reform Criminal Justice System in Hinds County, Mississippi
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Press Release
Justice Department Reaches Settlement to Ensure Independent Oversight and Operations of Orleans Parish Jail
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Press Release
Justice Department Reaches Extension Agreement to Improve Georgia’s Developmental Disability and Mental Health System
Friday, May 6, 2016
Press Release
Justice Department Statements Regarding Court Approval of the Agreement with Newark, New Jersey, to Reform Unconstitutional Policing Practices
Monday, May 2, 2016
Press Release
Justice Department Finds South Dakota Unnecessarily Relies on Nursing Facilities to Provide Services to People with Disabilities
Monday, April 25, 2016
Press Release
Justice Department Files for Contempt and Requests Receiver to Operate Orleans Parish Jail
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