Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act

Summary

Authorizes the Attorney General to institute a civil action for or in the name of the United States in an appropriate district court whenever he has reasonable cause to believe that a State or its agents are subjecting persons confined in any correctional facility, juvenile correction center, mental hospital, nursing home, or facility for the chronically ill, retarded, or physically handicapped to conditions which deprive such persons of their Federal constitutional or statutory rights. Permits such action only if the Attorney General believes that such deprivation of rights is part of a pattern or practice of denial, if the suit is of general public importance, and after notice and consultation with State officials. Directs the Attorney General to promulgate minimum standards for the resolution of grievances of persons involuntarily confined. Requires individuals confined in State correctional institutions to exhaust State administrative remedies which meet the minimum standards developed by the Attorney General before bringing a civil action under the Civil Rights Act.

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• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 24 May 1980

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• Conference report filed in House

  summary · EN · 22 April 1980

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 28 February 1980

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 23 May 1979

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 15 January 1979

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