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Carty Contempt Decision (02/01/2007)

Mast v. Donahue Settlement Agreement (01/30/2007)
Mast v. Donahue Settlement Agreement

Kiniti et al v. Myers et al Second Amended Complaint (01/24/2007)
Kiniti et al v. Myers et al Second Amended Complaint

Hadix v. Carusa Permanent Injunction (12/07/2006)
Hadix v. Carusa Permanent Injunction

Hadix v. Caruso - Order and Preliminary Injunction (11/13/2006)

Commissioner Lantz of the Connecticut Deparment of Corrections Letter to the ACLU of CT (11/08/2006)
Commissioner Lantz of the Connecticut Deparment of Corrections Letter to the ACLU of CT

ACLU of Connecticut's letter to Governor M. Jodi Rell (10/30/2006)
ACLU of Connecticut's letter to Governor M. Jodi Rell

ACLU of Connecticut's letter to Commissioner Lantz of the CT Department of Corrections (10/30/2006)
ACLU of Connecticut's letter to Commissioner Lantz of the CT Department of Corrections

Hadix v. Johnson - Motion to Reopen Judgement about Mental Health Care (09/08/2006)
The NPP was asked by local counsel to join this case in 1992, which was filed to improve living conditions, including medical and mental health care, in Michigan’s oldest and largest prison. Earlier his year, the court issued a final injunctive order regarding fire safety, as well as an order requiring improvements in medical care. In October 2006, we presented evidence that the existing order on medical care needed to be expanded, since prisoners are continuing to die preventable deaths. In addition, we asked the court to require improvements in mental health care, based in part on shocking deficiencies brought to light in the wake of the tragic death of a 21 year-old mentally ill man who spent four days in full restraints in his cell before dying, apparently as a result of dehydration and lack of monitoring by both medical and mental health staff.

Carty v. Turnbull - Motion for a Receiver (06/14/2006)
In 1993, the National Prison Project filed a lawsuit on behalf of Virgin Islands prisoners housed at two facilities in St. Thomas, U.S.V.I.. The following year, the parties reached a settlement agreement, requiring the Virgin Islands government to rectify severe overcrowding, to address squalid conditions, to remedy deficient medical and mental health care, and to institute inmate classification and fire safety measures to ensure the safety and security of the prisoners. In the decade since the case was settled, the government has been held in contempt three times for failing to comply with the agreement. Last July, the NPP asked the federal judge presiding in the case to appoint an outside expert to take over the prison health care system in St. Thomas, and again to hold the government in contempt for failing to abide by the judge’s remedial orders mandating adequate treatment for severally mentally ill prisoners.

Carty v. Turnbull - Contempt Motion (06/14/2006)
In 1993, the National Prison Project filed a lawsuit on behalf of Virgin Islands prisoners housed at two facilities in St. Thomas, U.S.V.I.. The following year, the parties reached a settlement agreement, requiring the Virgin Islands government to rectify severe overcrowding, to address squalid conditions, to remedy deficient medical and mental health care, and to institute inmate classification and fire safety measures to ensure the safety and security of the prisoners. In the decade since the case was settled, the government has been held in contempt three times for failing to comply with the agreement. Last July, the NPP asked the federal judge presiding in the case to appoint an outside expert to take over the prison health care system in St. Thomas, and again to hold the government in contempt for failing to abide by the judge’s remedial orders mandating adequate treatment for severally mentally ill prisoners.