Investigative Findings -- letters notifying jurisdictions of the results of investigations
Complaints -- complaints filed in federal court initiating lawsuits
Briefs -- selected briefs filed in federal court
Settlements and Court Decisions -- settlements resolving cases and decisions by federal courts in litigation
Reports to Congress -- annual reports to Congress describing Section's CRIPA work
Speeches -- speeches by Section staff
Publications -- other documents and publications
Archives -- closed matters
Jails and Prisons Investigations
Re: Investigation of the Oklahoma County Jail and Jail Annex, Oklahoma (PDF) (07/31/08) Re: Investigation of the Cook County Jail , Chicago, Illinois (PDF) (07/11/08) Re: Investigation of the Worcester County Jail and House of Correction, West Boylston, Massachusetts (PDF) (04/29/08) Re: Investigation of the King County Correctional Facility,Seattle, Washington(PDF)(11/13/07) Re: Investigation of the Wilson County Jail, Tennessee (PDF)(8/30/07) Re: Oahu Community Correctional Center, Honolulu, Hawaii (PDF)(3/14/07) Re: Investigation of Delaware Correctional Centers; Howard R. Young Correctional Institution; Sussex Correctional Institution; John L. Webb Correctional Facility;Delores J. Baylor Women's Correctional Institution (PDF)(12/29/06) Re: Investigation of the Dallas County Jail, Dallas, Texas (PDF)12/08/06) Re: Investigation of Sebastian County Adult Detention Center, Fort Smith, Arkansas (PDF)(05/09/2006) Re: Investigation of the Taycheedah Correctional Institution, Wisconsin (PDF)(05/01/2006) Re: Investigation of the Grant County Detention Center, Kentucky (PDF)(05/18/2005) Re: McPherson and Grimes Correctional Units, Newport, Arkansas(PDF)(11/25/03) Investigation of Garfield County Jail and Garfield County Work Center, Enid, Oklahoma(PDF)(04/17/03) Investigation of LeFlore County Jail, Poteau, Oklahoma(PDF)(04/17/03) Investigation of Patrick County Jail (Virginia) (PDF)(03/06/03) Santa Fe County Adult Detention Center (Formerly the Santa Fe County Correctional Facility) (New Mexico)(PDF)(03/06/03) Wicomico County Detention Center (Maryland)(09/09/02) Baltimore City Detention Center (Maryland) (8/13/02) Shelby County Jail (Memphis, Tennessee)(6/27/01) Wyoming State Penitentiary (06/29/99) Correctional Facilities of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (08/05/98) Juvenile Correctional Facilities Investigations
- Re: Marion County Juvenile Detention Center, Indianapolis, Indiana(PDF)(8/06/07)
- Re: Investigation of the Marion Juvenile Correctional Facility, Marion, Ohio (PDF)(5/09/07)
- Re: Investigation of the Scioto Juvenile Correctional Facility, Delaware, Ohio(PDF)(5/09/07)
- Re: Evins Regional Juvenile Center, Edinburg, Texas (PDF)(3/15/07)
- Re: Investigation of the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center in Baltimore, Maryland (PDF)(08/07/06)
- Re: Investigation of the Logansport Juvenile Intake/Diagnostic Facility, Indiana (PDF)(09-09-05)
- Re: Investigation of the Plainfield Juvenile Correctional Facility, Indiana (PDF)(09-09-05)
- Re: Investigation of the South Bend Juvenile Correctional Facility, Indiana (PDF)(09-09-05)
- Re: Investigation of the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility, Kailua, Hawaii (08/04/2005)
- Investigation of the L. E. Rader Center, Sand Springs, Oklahoma (PDF)(06/15/2005)
- Re: Investigation of W.J. Maxey Training School Whitmore Lake, MI (PDF)(05/19/04)
- Investigation of the Cheltenham Youth Facility in Cheltenham, Maryland, and the Charles H. Hickey, Jr., School in Baltimore, Maryland (PDF) (04/09/04)
- Investigation of Three Arizona Juvenile Justice Facilities (PDF) (1/23/04)
- Investigation of Oakley and Columbia Training Schools in Raymond and Columbia, Mississippi (PDF)(06/19/03)
- Los Angeles County Juvenile Halls (California)(PDF)(04/09/03)
- Investigation of Custer Youth Correctional Center, Custer, South Dakota (12/19/02) (Closed 2/05/04)
- Findings of Investigation of Nevada Youth Training Center, Elko, Nevada (11/12/02)
- Investigation of Alexander Youth Services Center (Arkansas)(11/08/02)
- Georgia Juvenile Facilities (02/13/98)
- Louisiana Juvenile Facilities (Final) (06/18/97)
- Louisiana Juvenile Facilities (Second Emergency Letter) (10/03/96)
- Louisiana Juvenile Facilities (Emergency Letter) (07/15/96)
- Puerto Rico Juvenile Facilities (09/14/94)
Mental Health Facilities Investigations
- Re: Investigation of the Georgia Regional Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia (PDF) (05/30/08)
- Re: Investigation of the Oregon State Hospital, Salem and Portland, Oregon (PDF) (01/09/08)
- Re: Investigation of the Connecticut Valley Hospital, Middletown, Connecticut (PDF)(8/06/07)
- Re: Investigation of St. Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, D.C. (PDF) (05/30/06)
- Re: Patton State Hospital, Patton, California (PDF) (05/02/2006)
- Re: Alascadero State Hospital, Atascadero, California (PDF) (05/02/2006)
- Re: Investigation of the Vermont State Hospital, Waterbury, Vermont (07/05/05)
- Re: Napa State Hospital, Napa, California (06/27/05)
- Re: North Carolina's Public Mental Health Hospitals, Dorothea Dix Hospital in Raleigh, Broughton Hospital in Morganton, Cherry Hospital in Goldsboro, and John Umstead Hospital in Butner (PDF)(03/17/04)
- Metropolitan State Hospital, Norwalk, California (PDF)(02/19/04)
- Metropolitan State Hospital, Norwalk, California (PDF)(05/13/03
Developmental Disability and Mental Retardation Facilities Investigations
- Re: Investigation of the Northwest Habilitation Center, St. Louis, Missouri (PDF) (08/12/08)
- Re: Beatrice State Developmental Center, Beatrice, Nebraska (PDF) (3/7/08)
- Re: Bellefontaine Habilitation Center, St. Louis, Missouri (PDF) (4/11/07)
- Re: Investigation of the Lubbock State School Lubbock, Texas (PDF)(12/11/06)
- Re: Investigation of the Lanterman Developmental Center, Pomona, California (PDF) 01/04/2006)
- Re: Investigation of the Woodbridge Developmental Center in Woodbridge, New Jersey (PDF) (11/04/2004)
- Re: Investigation of the Conway Human Development Center, Conway, Arkansas (04/21/04) (PDF)
- New Lisbon Developmental Center, New Lisbon, New Jersey(PDF)(04/08/03)
- Investigation of the Oakwood Developmental Center (Kentucky)[PDF] (11/07/02)
- Woodward State Resource Center and Glenwood State Resource Center (Iowa) (7/9/02)
- Puerto Rico Mental Retardation Facilities (12/11/97)
- Center for Integral Services Developmental Disabilities Facility (Puerto Rico)(06/11/97)
Nursing Home and Other Investigations
- Re: Investigation of C.M. Tucker, Jr., Nursing Care Center in Columbia, South Carolina (PDF) (05/06/08)
- Re: Investigation of the Tennessee State Veterans' Homes in Humboldt and Murfreesboro (PDF) (02/08/08)
- Re: Investigation of Fort Bayard Medical Center, Bayard, New Mexico (PDF)(05/01/2006)
- Re: Investigation of Baxter Manor Nursing Home, Mountain Home, Arkansas (PDF)(07/14/2004)
- Re: Investigation of Nashville Metropolitan Bordeaux Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee (PDF)(04/21/2004)
- Re: Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, San Francisco, California (PDF)(08/03/2004)
- Re: Investigation of A. Holly Patterson Geriatric Center in Uniondale, New York (PDF)(08/03/2004)
- Re: Nim Henson Geriatric Center, Kentucky (PDF)(03/06/03)
- Investigation of Claudette Box Nursing Home, Mount Vernon, Alabama (PDF)(06/02/03)
- Investigation of the Reginald P. White Nursing Facility (PDF)(05/20/03)
- Investigation of Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center (California)(PDF)(04/01/03)
- Investigation of Banks-Jackson-Commerce Medical Center and Nursing Home(PDF)(Georgia)(10/21/02)
- Mercer County Geriatric Center (New Jersey)(10/09/02)
- New Mexico School for the Visually Handicapped (04/17/98)
- Investigation of Laguna Honda Hospital (California)(PDF)(05/06/98)
- Re: Investigation of the Orange County Sheriff's Office, Orlando, Florida (PDF)(08/20/08)
- Re: Investigation of the Easton Police Department, Easton, Pennsylvania (PDF)(11/26/07)
- Re: Investigation of the Warren Police Department, Ohio (PDF)(03/02/2006)
- Re: United States Department of Justice Investigation of the Virgin Islands Police Department (PDF)(10/05/2005)
- Re: Beacon Police Department (PDF)(06/21/2005)
- Re: Investigation of the Alabaster Police Department (PDF)(11/09/2004)
- Re: Investigation of the City of Bakersfield Police Department (PDF)(04/12/2004)
- Investigation of the Prince George's County Police Department, Prince George's County, Maryland (01/22/04)
- Investigation of the Cleveland Division of Police (PDF)(06/19/03)
- Investigation of the Portland, Maine Police Department (PDF)(03/21/03)
- Investigation of the Schenectady Police Department (New York)(PDF)(03/19/03)
- Investigation of the Miami Police Department (PDF) (03/13/03)
- Investigation of the Detroit Police Department (Michigan)(12/11/02)
- District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department (06/13/01)
- Los Angeles Police Department (05/8/00)
- Columbus, Ohio Police Department (07/21/98)
(Closed 05/14/04)- Pittsburgh Police Department (01/17/97)
Jails and Prisons Complaints
- United States v. Jim Doyle, Governor of Wisconsin; Rick Raemisch, Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Corrections; and Cathy Jess, Warden, Taycheedah Correctional Institution (09/05/08)
- United States v. Dallas(09/11/07)
- United States v. Nassau County (04/22/02)
- United States v. Shelby County (08/12/02)
- United States v. State Of Wyoming (04/15/02)
- United States v. Muscogee County, Georgia (09/23/99)
- United States v. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (02/23/99)
- United States v. Gila County, Arizona (12/22/98)
Juvenile Correctional Facilities Complaints
- Re: United States v. State of Ohio (PDF) (06/24/08)
- United States v. State of Oklahoma (PDF)(12/15/06)
- United States v. State of Indiana (PDF)(02/08/06)
- United States v. Hawai'i(PDF)(02/07/06)
- United States v. State of Maryland (6/30/05)
- United States v. State of Arizona (09/15/04)
- United States v. State of Mississippi (PDF)(12/18/03)
- United States v. Louisiana
- United States v. Georgia (03/18/98)
Mental Health Facilities Complaints
- United States v. Florida (04/02/98)
(Closed 06/30/04)Developmental Disability and Mental Retardation Facilities Complaints
- United States v. The Commonwealth of Kentucky, the Communities of Oakwood (PDF)(08/31/2006)
- United States v. The State of Iowa (Woodward State Resource Center & Glenwood State Resource Center) (PDF) (11/17/2004)
- United States v. State of New Jersey (PDF) (08/02/2004)
- United States v. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (04/21/99)
- United States v. Wisconsin (04/04/97)
- United States v. Tennessee (03/15/96)
Nursing Home and Other Facilities Complaints
Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act Briefs
Jails and Prisons Briefs
Juvenile Correctional Facilities Briefs
Conduct of Law Enforcement Agencies Briefs
- United States v. City of Columbus, Ohio (3/10/00)
(Closed 05/14/04)
The following are selected settlements reached, and court decisions issued, in the past fiscal year (October 1, 1998 - September 30, 2007) and selected additional documents from prior years. Additional historical documents will be added in the future, as well as more recent documents as they become publicly available.
- United States v. Jim Doyle, Governor of Wisconsin; Rick Raemisch, Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Corrections; and Cathy Jess, Warden, Taycheedah Correctional Institution (PDF)(09/05/08)
- Re: Wilson County Jail (Settlement Agreement), Tennessee (PDF)(07/21/08)
- Re: Memorandum of Agreement regarding the Garfield County Jail, Oklahoma (04/30/08)(PDF)
- United States v. Santa Fe County Adult Detention Center (Settlement Agreement) (PDF) See also, U.S. v. Santa Fe County (Complaint) (PDF)(02/28/08)
- United States v. Terrell County, Georgia (Order) (PDF)(12/29/07) See also, U.S. v. Terrell County (Proposed Order) (PDF)
- United States v. Dallas County (PDF)(11/06/07)
- Re: Memorandum of Agreement Between the Department of Justice and The State of Maryland Regarding the Baltimore City Detention Center(PDF)(01/16/07)
- Re: Memorandum of Agreement Between the United States Department of Justice and the State of Delaware Regarding the Delores J. Baylor Women's Correctional Institution, the Delaware Correctional Center, the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution, and the Sussex Correctional Institution (PDF)(12/29/06)
- United States v. Terrell County, Georgia (PDF) (9/29/06)
- Re: Santa Fe County Adult Dentention Center (New Mexico) (PDF) (11/01/2004)
- Re: Memorandum of Agreement Between the United States and McPherson and Grimes Correctional Units (Arkansas) (PDF)(08/27/2004)
- Settlement Agreement Between the U.S. Department of Justice and Wicomico County, Maryland Regarding the Wicomico County Detention Center (PDF) (07/16/2004)
- Memorandum of Agreement Between the United States and Los Angeles County, Regarding Mental Health Services at the Los Angeles County Jail (12/19/02)
- Settlement Agreement Between the United States of America and Shelby County, Tennessee (08/15/02)
- Settlement Agreement Between the United States Department of Justice and Nassau County Sheriff's Department (04/22/02)
- United States v. State of Wyoming (04/15/02)
- United States v. Muscogee County, Georgia (09/29/99)
- Correctional Facilities of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (02/23/99)
Juvenile Correctional Facilities Settlements and Court Decisions
- Re: United States v. State of Oklahoma, L.A. Rader Center (PDF) (09/09/08)
- United States v. State of Maryland (Second Amended Settlement Agreement Regarding Conditions at Three Juvenile Justice Facilities)(PDF)(06/23/08)
- Re: Settlement Agreement between the United States Department of Justice and the Marion Superior Court Concerning the Marion Superior Court Juvenile Detention Center (PDF) (4/09/08 See also, Complaint (PDF) (4/09/08)
- United States v. State of Texas, Evins Regional Juvenile Center (Order) (PDF) See also, U.S. v. State of Texas (Evins Complaint) (PDF)(2/01/08)
- Re: First Amendment to Memorandum of Agreement between the United States of America and the County of Los Angeles, and Los Angeles County Office of Education (PDF)(8/01/07)
- United States v. The State of Maryland, the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center (PDF) and U.S. v. The State of Maryland (Complaint)(PDF) (5/22/07)
- United States v. State of Indiana, the Logansport Intake/Diagnostic Facility and the South Bend Juvenile Correctional Facility(PDF)(02/08/06)
- United States v. State of Hawai'i, the Hawai'i Youth Correctional Facility (Memorandun of Agreement) (PDF)(02/07/06)
- United States v. State of Maryland (Rule 41 Settlement Agreement concerning the Cheltenham and Hickey Youth Facilities) (06/29/05)
- United States v. Mississippi (Consent Decree concerning the Oakley and Columbia Training Schools)(05/04/2005)
- United States v. Mississippi (Rule 41 Settlement Agreement concerning the Oakley and Columbia Training Schools)(05/04/2005)
- Memorandun of Understanding between the State of Michigan (W.J. Maxey Training School) and the United States Department of Justice (PDF)(01/05/2005)
- Memorandum of Agreement Between the United States Department of Justice and the State of Arizona Concerning Adobe Mountain School, Black Canyon School, and Catalina Mountain School (PDF) (09/15/2004)
- Agreement Between the United States, Los Angeles County and The Los Angeles County Office of Education (PDF) (08/24/2004)
- Memorandum of Understanding by and between the United States and the State of Nevada(PDF)(02/23/04)
- United States v. Louisiana (2004 Agreement) (PDF)(12/31/03)
- United States v. State of Arkansas, the Arkansas Division of Youth Services, and the Arkansas Department of Human Services (PDF) and U.S. v. Arkansas (Complaint)(PDF)
- United States v. Louisiana (2003 Agreement) (01/17/03)
- United States v. Louisiana (Jena Agreement) (04/13/00)
(Closed 02/12/01)- United States v. Georgia (03/18/98)
Mental Health Facilities Settlements and Court Decisions
- United States v. The District of Columbia, the St. Elizabeths Hospital (PDF) and U.S. v. The District of Columbia (Complaint)(PDF) (5/11/07)
- United States v. The State of Vermont, Vermont State Hospital (Settlement Agreement) (PDF)(07/21/2006)
- United States v. State of California, the Metropolitan State Hospital and the Napa State Hospital (Consent Judgment) (PDF)(05/02/2006)
Developmental Disability and Mental Retardation Facilities Settlements and Court Decisions
- United States v. State of Nebraska, Beatrice State Developmental Center (PDF) (07/02/08)
- United States v. The Commonwealth of Kentucky, the Communities of Oakwood (Settlement Agreement) (PDF)(08/31/2006)
- United States v. State of New Jersey, the Woodbridge Development Center (Settlement Agreement) (PDF) (11/09/05) and U.S. v. New Jersey (Complaint) (PDF)
- Agreement Between the United States and the Commonwealth of Kentucky Regarding the Communities of Oakwood (PDF) (09/21/2004)
- United States v. The State of Iowa (Woodward State Resource Center & Glenwood State Resource Center) (PDF) (11/24/2004)
- United States v. State of New Jersey Settlement Agreement (PDF)(08/02/2004)
- United States v. State of Louisiana(PDF)(01/21/04)
- United States v. Wisconsin (04/08/97)
Nursing Home and Other Settlements and Court Decisions
- Re: Settlement Agreement between the United States Department of Justice and City and County of San Francisco Regarding the Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, California (PDF) (06/13/08)
- United States v. State of New Mexico, the Fort Bayard Medical Center ("Ft. Bayard") (5/16/07)(PDF) and U.S. v. State of New Mexico (Complaint)(5/14/07)(PDF)
- Memorandum of Understanding ("Agreement") A. Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility ("Patterson"), New York (PDF) (01/27/2006)
- United States v. Mercer County, New Jersey (PDF)(02/17/2005)
- Memorandum of Understanding Between the United States and Banks-Jackson-Commerce Medical Center and Nursing Home, Commerce, Georgia (06/16/2004)
- United States v. New Mexico (05/28/99)
Conduct of Law Enforcement Agencies Settlements and Court Decisions
- Re: Agreement to Conclude DOJ's Investigation of the Cleveland Division of Police's Use of Deadly Force (PDF)(02/12/04
- Memorandum of Agreement Between the United States and the City of Villa Rica, Georgia (PDF) (12/23/03)
- Memorandum of Agreement Between the United States and the Village of Mt. Prospect, Illinois(PDF)(01/22/03)
- United States of America v. City of Detroit, Michigan and the Detroit Police Department (06/12/03)
- Re: AMENDED MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT Between the United States Department of Justice and the City of Buffalo, New York and the Buffalo Police Department, and the Police Benevolent Association, Inc. (PDF)(7/09/07)
- Agreement Between the United States Department of Justice and Buffalo City Police Department, Et al., (New York) (9/19/02)
- Joint Amendment to the April 12, 2002 Memorandum of Agreement between the United States Department of Justice and The City of Cincinnati, Ohio and The Cincinnati Police Department (PDF) (07/25/2006)
- Memorandum of Agreement Between the United States Department of Justice and the City of Cincinnati, Ohio and Cincinnati Police Department (4/12/02)
- See also, Summary of Memorandum of Agreement and the Technical Assistance Letter
Access to Reproductive Health Clinics and Places of Worship Settlements and Court Decisions
- JOINT MODIFICATION NO. 4 TO JUNE 13, 2001 MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
Between the United States Department of Justice and the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department (11/26/07)- JOINT MODIFICATION NO. 1 TO JUNE 13, 2001 MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
Between the United States Department of Justice and the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department (09/30/02)- Memorandum of Agreement Between the United States Department of Justice and the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department, June 13, 2001
- See also, Summary of Agreement and the Letter of Findings and Press Conference
- United States v. City of Los Angeles (6/15/2001)
- United States v. State of New Jersey (12/30/99)
- United States v. City of Steubenville, Ohio (09/03/97)
- Re: United States v. Charles Roy McMillan, Mississippi (04/29/08)
- United States v. Scott (Court of Appeals Decision) (08/04/99) -- Reported at -- F.3d --, 1999 WL 570473 (2nd Cir. 1999)
- United States v. Burke (District Court Decision) (07/31/98) -- Reported at 15 F.Supp.2d 1090 (D.Kan. 1998)
- United States v. Scott (District Court Contempt Decision) (06/25/98) -- Reported at 1998 WL 386483 (D.Conn.)
- United States v. Brock (District Court Decision) (04/30/98) -- Reported at 2 F.Supp.2d 1172 (E.D. Wis. 1998)
- United States v. Scott (District Court Modification of Injunction) (03/16/98) -- Reported at 1998 WL 241755 (D.Conn.)
- United States v. Smith (Court of Appeals Decision) (12/30/97) -- Reported at 134 F.3d 373 (6th Cir. 1997)
- United States v. Scott (District Court Contempt Decision) (08/01/97) -- Reported at 1997 WL 889513 (D.Conn.)
- United States v. Scott (District Court Ruling on Motion to Reconsider) (06/12/97) -- Reported at 975 F.Supp. 428 (D. Conn. 1997)
- United States v. Scott (District Court Decision) (04/02/97) -- Reported at 958 F.Supp. 761 (D. Conn. 1997)
- United States v. Scott (District Court Motion to Dismiss Decision) (03/18/96) -- Reported at 919 F.Supp. 76 (D. Conn. 1996)
Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1997f, the Attorney General provides an annual report to Congress describing the Department's enforcement efforts under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act. Below are recent reports filed under this provision. CRIPA Reports to Congress
- Report for Fiscal Year 2007 (PDF)
- Report for Fiscal Year 2006 (PDF)
- Report for Fiscal Year 2005 (PDF)
- Report for Fiscal Year 2004 (PDF)
- Report for Fiscal Year 2003 (PDF)
- Report for Fiscal Year 2002 (PDF)
- Report for Fiscal Year 2001
- Report for Fiscal Year 2000
- Report for Fiscal Year 1999
- Report for Fiscal Year 1998
- Report for Fiscal Year 1997
- Report for Fiscal Year 1996
Speeches
- No Speeches at this time
Publications
- Addressing Police Misconduct brochure
- Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies
Last updated September 9, 2008