DLC v. MASSACHUSETTS DEPT. OF CORRECTION

C.A. No. 07-10463-MLW.

960 F.Supp.2d 271 (2012)

DISABILITY LAW CENTER, Plaintiff, v. MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

April 12, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Rollins , Alison Hickey Silveira , Carol E. Head , David Yamin , Bingham McCutchen LLP, Bonita P. Tenneriello , James R. Pingeon , Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services Inc., Karen O. Talley , Richard M. Glassman , Disability Law Center, Boston, MA, Nancy J. Murphy , Disability Law Center, Robert D. Fleischner , Center for Public Representation, Northampton, MA, for Plaintiff.

William D. Saltzman , Charles W. Anderson, Jr. , Sheryl F. Grant , Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Correction, James A. Bello , Morrison, Mahoney LLP, Boston, MA, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WOLF, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case was brought in March, 2007, following reports of a number of suicides by mentally ill prisoners in the custody of the Massachusetts Department of Correction (the "Department"), including many held in segregated confinement. Plaintiff Disability Law Center (the "DLC") represents all Massachusetts prisoners with mental illnesses. It alleges that the Department, and certain...

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