Human-rights cases

Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-1 - Lawful arrest or detention);Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Administrative proceedings;Article 6-1 - Impartial tribunal);Violation of Article 6+6-3-d - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings;Article 6-1 - Fair hearing) (Article 6 - Right to a fair trial;Article 6-3-d - Examination of witnesses)

Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-3 - Reasonableness of pre-trial detention)

Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect)

Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect);Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment;Inhuman treatment) (Substantive aspect);Violation of Article 6+6-3-d - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings;Article 6-1 - Fair hearing) (Article 6 - Right to a fair trial;Article 6-3-d - Obtain attendance of witnesses)

Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect)

Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect);Violation of Article 13+3 - Right to an effective remedy (Article 13 - Effective remedy) (Article 3 - Degrading treatment;Prohibition of torture);Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-3 - Length of pre-trial detention);Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-4 - Procedural guarantees of review);Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-4 - Speediness of review);Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-5 - Compensation)

Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings;Article 6-1 - Reasonable time);Violation of Article 13+6-1 - Right to an effective remedy (Article 13 - Effective remedy) (Article 6 - Right to a fair trial;Criminal proceedings;Article 6-1 - Reasonable time)

Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect)

Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect)

Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect)

Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect);Violation of Article 13+3 - Right to an effective remedy (Article 13 - Effective remedy) (Article 3 - Prohibition of torture;Degrading treatment);Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings;Article 6-1 - Reasonable time);Violation of Article 13+6-1 - Right to an effective remedy (Article 13 - Effective remedy) (Article 6 - Right to a fair trial;Criminal proceedings;Article 6-1 - Reasonable time)

Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect)

Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment;Inhuman treatment) (Substantive aspect);Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-1 - Lawful arrest or detention)

Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment;Inhuman treatment;Torture) (Substantive aspect);Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect);Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings;Article 6-1 - Fair hearing)

Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Torture) (Substantive aspect);Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect);Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-1 - Lawful arrest or detention);Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings;Article 6-1 - Fair hearing)

Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings;Article 6-1 - Fair hearing;Article 6-3-a - Information on nature and cause of accusation;Article 6-3-b - Adequate facilities;Adequate time)

Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-3 - Length of pre-trial detention);Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-4 - Speediness of review)

Preliminary objection joined to merits and dismissed (Art. 34) Individual applications;(Art. 34) Victim;Preliminary objection joined to merits and dismissed (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria;(Art. 35-1) Exhaustion of domestic remedies;Violation of Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life (Article 8-1 - Respect for private life);Violation of Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life (Article 8-1 - Respect for correspondence;Respect for private life);Non-pecuniary damage - finding of violation sufficient (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage;Just satisfaction)

Findings Report only addresses Parchman. Our investigation of three other Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) facilities (Southern Mississippi Correctional Institute, Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, and Wilkinson County Correctional Facility) remains ongoing. 2 including those with serious medical and mental health needs—to segregation in restrictive housing for months and even years under egregious environmental conditions that pose a substantial risk of serious harm from psychological deterioration. Of the twelve Parchman suicides in the last three years, all of them occurred in restrictive housing. The problems at Parchman are severe, systemic, and exacerbated by serious deficiencies in staffing and supervision. MDOC has been on notice of these deficiencies for years and failed to take reasonable measures to address the violations, due in part to non-functional accountability or quality assurance measures. Years of MDOC’s deliberate indifference has resulted in serious harm and a substantial risk of serious harm to persons confined at Parchman. For example, on December 31, 2019, just hours before midnight, a fight in Parchman’s Unit 29 sparked what would become a prison riot lasting several weeks. In the months leading up to the riot, there had been widespread reports about unlivable and unsanitary conditions throughout Parchman; violent murders and suicides on the rise; staffing plummeting to dangerous levels; and mounting concerns that gangs were filling the void left by inadequate staff presence and gaining increasing control of Parchman through extortion and violence. Despite notice of these structural and administrative crises, MDOC’s records show a staff that was caught off guard, utterly overwhelmed, and ultimately unable to adequately and quickly respond to fighting and significant injuries in multiple buildings. Speaking to a reporter by phone during the riot, a person incarcerated at Parchman said, “They ran the [correctional officers] out of the building last night . . . . I don’t know what they’re going to do. They’re short on staff.” The Commander and his staff shot “impact weapons” and also threw what was described as a “hand grenade” into the fighting area, to little effect. Over 100 officers were pulled from the Mississippi Highway Patrol and several local sheriff’s offices, who arrived at Parchman to assist in quelling the violence. Incarcerated persons set fires. Parchman was placed on total lockdown. When the smoke began to clear, five individuals incarcerated at Parchman had been murdered, and three others committed suicide during the month of January 2020 alone. Consistent with CRIPA’s statutory requirements, we submit this Findings Report to notify the State of Mississippi of the Department’s conclusions with respect to these constitutional violations, the facts supporting those conclusions, and the minimum remedial measures necessary to address the identified deficiencies. II. INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS In February 2020, the Department opened a CRIPA investigation into the conditions at four MDOC facilities: Parchman, Southern Mississippi Correctional Institute, Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, and Wilkinson County Correctional Facility. The Special Litigation Section of the Department’s Civil Rights Division and the United States Attorney’s 3 Offices for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi have been conducting the investigation. Our investigation of Parchman focuses on whether MDOC adequately protects incarcerated persons from physical harm at the hands of other incarcerated persons, as well as whether

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Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment;Inhuman treatment) (Substantive aspect);Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect)

Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment;Inhuman treatment) (Substantive aspect);Violation of Article 13+3 - Right to an effective remedy (Article 13 - Effective remedy) (Article 3 - Prohibition of torture;Degrading treatment;Inhuman treatment);Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage;Just satisfaction);Non-pecuniary damage - finding of violation sufficient (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage;Just satisfaction)

Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect)

Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect)

Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect)

Violation of Article 34 - Individual applications (Article 34 - Hinder the exercise of the right of application)

Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect)

Violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-3 - Reasonableness of pre-trial detention)

Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings;Article 6-1 - Reasonable time);Violation of Article 13+6-1 - Right to an effective remedy (Article 13 - Effective remedy) (Article 6 - Right to a fair trial;Criminal proceedings;Article 6-1 - Reasonable time)

Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect)

Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect)

Violation of Article 6+13 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings;Article 6-1 - Reasonable time) (Article 13 - Right to an effective remedy;Effective remedy);Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect);Violation of Article 13+3 - Right to an effective remedy (Article 13 - Effective remedy) (Article 3 - Prohibition of torture)

Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect)

Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect)

Violation of Article 14+3 - Prohibition of discrimination (Article 14 - Discrimination) (Article 3 - Prohibition of torture;Effective investigation;Positive obligations);Violation of Article 14+3 - Prohibition of discrimination (Article 14 - Discrimination) (Article 3 - Prohibition of torture;Degrading treatment;Positive obligations);Violation of Article 14+11 - Prohibition of discrimination (Article 14 - Discrimination) (Article 11 - Freedom of assembly and association;Article 11-1 - Freedom of peaceful assembly);Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage;Just satisfaction)

Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect)

Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect)

Preliminary objection joined to merits and dismissed (Art. 35) Admissibility criteria;(Art. 35-3-a) Ratione personae;Violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Protection of property (Article 1 para. 1 of Protocol No. 1 - Peaceful enjoyment of possessions);Non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Non-pecuniary damage;Just satisfaction)

Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect)

Violation of Article 3 - Prohibition of torture (Article 3 - Degrading treatment) (Substantive aspect)