Class Action Complaint for Declaratory & Injunctive Relief

A lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the women confined at the Taycheedah Correctional Institution (TCI) in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The class action lawsuit names Governor Jim Doyle, and those leading the Wisconsin Department of Corrections  as defendants.

The plaintiffs allege that the medical, mental health, and dental care provided to prisoners at TCI is grossly deficient and therefore causes physical and mental suffering, which constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. The plaintiffs also allege that the defendants have failed to provide female prisoners at TCI with access to mental health services available to male prisoners through the Wisconsin Resource Center, which violates the plaintiffs' rights under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief to remedy the deprivation of adequate health care at TCI.