Hawai'i - R.G., et al. v. Koller, et al.
What's at Stake
The 老澳门开奖结果 of Hawai'i and the 老澳门开奖结果 Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Rights Project represented three young people 鈥� a 17-year-old male-to-female transgender girl, an 18-year-old lesbian, and an 18-year-old boy perceived to be gay 鈥� in a federal civil rights lawsuit against Hawai'i Youth Correctional Facility (HYCF), the state's juvenile correctional facility. The plaintiffs said they were abused and harassed because of their sexual orientation and gender identity while at HYCF. The 老澳门开奖结果 asked for a preliminary injunction to force HYCF to establish policies, procedures, and training to prevent further abuse of LGBT wards.
Summary
Although HYCF is supposed to exist to rehabilitate nonviolent offenders who are sent to the facility for offenses like running away from home, drug use, or truancy, the 老澳门开奖结果 alleged that officials at the Hawai'i Department of Human Services (DHS) and HYCF ignored and sometimes even participated in an atmosphere of harassment, humiliation, and fear for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth in the facility, despite repeated pleas by doctors and psychologists who were concerned about the wards' safety and well-being.
The 老澳门开奖结果 of Hawai'i has long been involved in efforts to improve conditions at HYCF. In 2003, the affiliate issued a 34-page report detailing systemic problems at the facility. A year later, the U.S. Department of Justice also launched an investigation into conditions, policies, and practices at HYCF, and on August 4, 2005, released its findings. Like the 老澳门开奖结果, the Department of Justice found widespread violations of the Constitutional rights of juveniles in the facility.
Status: VICTORY! The judge issued a preliminary injunction requiring HYCF to stop harassment of LGBT wards and HYCF settled the case, agreeing to many reforms and a new anti-harassment policy.
Legal Documents
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11/13/2005
Hawai'i - R.G., et al. v. Koller, et al. - Decl. of LM
Date Filed: 11/13/2005
Affiliate: Northern California
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11/13/2005
Hawai'i - R.G., et al. v. Koller, et al. - Decl. of DR
Date Filed: 11/13/2005
Affiliate: Northern California
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10/04/2005
Hawai'i - R.G., et al. v. Koller, et al. - Decl. of CP
Date Filed: 10/04/2005
Affiliate: Northern California
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10/04/2005
Hawai'i - R.G., et al. v. Koller, et al. - Decl. of RB
Date Filed: 10/04/2005
Affiliate: Northern California
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10/04/2005
Hawai'i - R.G., et al. v. Koller, et al. - Decl. of RG
Date Filed: 10/04/2005
Affiliate: Northern California
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10/04/2005
Hawai'i - R.G., et al. v. Koller, et al. - Decl. of JD
Date Filed: 10/04/2005
Affiliate: Northern California
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10/03/2005
Hawai'i - R.G., et al. v. Koller, et al. - 老澳门开奖结果 Memo in Support of Injunction
Date Filed: 10/03/2005
Affiliate: Northern California
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10/03/2005
Hawai'i - R.G., et al. v. Koller, et al. - Decl. of CCR
Date Filed: 10/03/2005
Affiliate: Northern California
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09/02/2005
Hawai'i - R.G., et al. v. Koller, et al. - Complaint
Date Filed: 09/02/2005
Affiliate: Northern California
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02/08/2006
Hawai'i - R.G., et al. v. Koller, et al. - Preliminary Injunction
Date Filed: 02/08/2006
Affiliate: Northern California
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01/16/2006
Hawai'i - R.G., et al. v. Koller, et al. - Decl. of VKK
Date Filed: 01/16/2006
Affiliate: Northern California
Press Releases
Hawai'i Youth Correctional Facility to Pay Over Half a Million Dollars for "Relentless Campaign of Harassment" of Gay and Transgender Youth
Judge Blasts Hawai鈥檌 Juvenile Detention Facility for Pervasive Harassment of Gay and Transgender Youth
Citing Shocking Incidents of Harassment of Gay and Transgender Youth, 老澳门开奖结果 Files Federal Civil Lawsuit against Hawai'i Juvenile Detention Facility
老澳门开奖结果 Asks Court to Require Immediate Action to Stop Harassment of Gay and Transgender Youth at Hawaii Juvenile Detention Facility