AELE LAW LIBRARY OF CASE SUMMARIES:
Corrections Law for
Jails, Prisons and Detention Facilities
Female Prisoners
Female juvenile
adjudicated delinquent did not show that her federal constitutional or
statutory rights were violated by the fact that a community corrections
facility near her home did not accept females, resulting in her having
to serve 11 months in a juvenile correctional facility and a drug rehabilitation
center that were further away. Her constitutional rights were not violated
because she was provided with opportunities comparable to those provided
for male inmates. The decision made by her family members not to drive
to the facility where she was incarcerated for attendance at family therapy
sessions did not alter the fact that family therapy was offered. Additionally
for purposes of federal civil rights statutes prohibiting sex discrimination
in a governmental "program or activity," the "program or
activity" at issue was the entire system of juvenile institutions
operated by the State of Ohio, rather than a particular juvenile facility.
Lothes v. Butler County Juvenile Rehabilitation Center, No. 06-3389, 2007
U.S. App. Lexis 16559 (6th Cir.).
Co. jail facility for women was O.K. except
for sanitation needs of females caused by overcrowding. Fischer v. Winter,
564 F.Supp. 281 (N.D. Cal. 1983).
Female inmates win cause on prison conditions
and get attorney fees. Glover v. Johnson, 531 F.Supp. 1036 (E.D. Mich.
1982).
Kentucky correctional institution for women
found in violation of equal protection clause by denying privileges and
job opportunities to female inmates that male inmates in area prisons receive.
Canterino v. Wilson, 546 F.Supp. 174 (W.D. Ky. 1982).
State correctional officials cannot close
women's prison without legislative act. DeVault v. Nicholson, 296 S.E.2d
682 (W. Va. 1982).
California court upholds majority of policies
at women's jail; orders due process rights to be accorded prior to administrative
segregation; awards $105,760 in attorney's fees. Inmates of Sybil Brand
Inst. v. City of Los Angeles, 181 Cal.Rptr. 599 (App. 1982).
Louisiana court holds that prison personnel
did not violate female inmate's constitutional rights by failing to provide
her with medical care; rules that such failure did not cause woman to spontaneously
abort child. Williams v. Delcambre, 413 So.2d 324 (La. App. 1982).
Appeals court works out compromise between
female inmates' right to privacy and male guards employment rights at New
York prison. Forts v. Ward, 621 F.2d 1210 (2nd Cir. 1980).
Under the California Constitution and the
Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, female inmates are
entitled to the same jail assignment opportunities as male inmates. Molar
v. Gates, 159 Cal.Rptr. 239 (App. 1979).