June 20, 2019
Comments Off on Board OKs $27M to tear down old Baltimore jail buildings
A Maryland board has approved a $27.5 million contract to tear down nearly 40 structures that were part of the correctional complex at the closed Baltimore City Detention Center.
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May 29, 2019
Comments Off on Baltimore jail plaintiffs, state agree to extend settlement agreement
A settlement agreement governing improvements at Baltimore jails, set to expire next June, will continue until 2022 after the plaintiffs and state agreed to extend it. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which was filed in 1971, filed a motion in ...
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October 26, 2018
Comments Off on Plaintiffs in Baltimore jail lawsuit allege failure to comply with settlement
Plaintiffs in a decades-long lawsuit over conditions at Baltimore’s jails are asking a federal judge to extend the life of their 2016 settlement with the state due to “overwhelming evidence” of noncompliance with its terms. The motion, filed Thursday in ...
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September 10, 2018
Comments Off on Plaintiffs in Baltimore jail litigation prepare motion alleging lack of compliance
The plaintiffs in ongoing litigation over conditions at the Baltimore City Detention Center will file a motion later this month to extend a 2016 settlement agreement beyond its original four years due to the state’s alleged lack of substantial compliance with a ...
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March 14, 2018
Comments Off on Baltimore jail settlement back before judge as plaintiffs complain of delays
The plaintiffs in decades-long litigation over conditions at the Baltimore City Detention Center have asked a judge to reopen the case and enforce a settlement order entered in 2016 because they claim the state has failed to make sufficient steps toward ...
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August 31, 2016
Comments Off on Inmate settles lawsuit alleging guard facilitated gang attack
A Baltimore man who was attacked by a Black Guerrilla Family member while in protective custody at the Baltimore City Detention Center has settled his lawsuit against the corrections officer who he said allowed the inmate to stab him. Derrick Toomer ...
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June 29, 2016
Comments Off on After 45 years, an end to Baltimore jail litigation?
Decades-long litigation over the state of Baltimore City’s jails reached a tenuous conclusion Tuesday as a federal judge approved a comprehensive settlement order in the case that allows the state four years to bring its facilities into compliance. In anticipation ...
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November 18, 2015
Comments Off on Settlement reached in class-action suit over conditions at BCDC
The Baltimore City Detention Center’s health care system will be overhauled and its facilities will be improved as part of a settlement in a class-action lawsuit, lawyers for the plaintiffs announced Wednesday. The Public Justice Center, the Law Offices of ...
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October 28, 2015
Comments Off on $10M wrongful death lawsuit filed against Baltimore detention center
A $10 million federal lawsuit filed against the state, the Baltimore City Detention Center and more than a dozen members of the center’s medical and custodial staff alleges the center’s employees ignored signs that a female detainee had suffered multiple ...
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October 27, 2015
Comments Off on Closure of Baltimore detention center could accelerate replacement
The closure of the Baltimore City Detention Center could accelerate a plan to begin replacing buildings within the existing correctional complex. Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services Secretary Stephen T. Moyer said Tuesday that the closure of the ...
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