Glover v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “[The] testimony provides another example of the difficulty I encounter when trying to enforce my orders.... My orders are ignored until a hearing date is set; the Department then embarks on a whirlwind of activity directed towards achieving a semblance of compliance. In court, the Department is all promises — compliance is always just around the corner: the pocket parts for the library are on order and will be in place shortly; new educational, vocational, and apprenticeship programs are about to be offered. When I stay my hand, the Department invariably defaults on its promises. The Department is interested in compliance only when it knows that it will have to answer to this court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Glover v. Johnson

2. “In October 1979, I found the rehabilitative programming then afforded to the Department’s female prisoners to be substantially inferior to that offered its male prisoners. I entered an order outlining the required remedy. In 1981, I supplemented that outline with a more detailed decree. That decree was captioned a “Final Order.” Now, ten years later, female prisoners are still not receiving the type of equal programming to which they are entitled. As recounted ..., the Department has failed to implement my orders in almost every respect.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Glover v. Johnson

3. “demanded that defendants and others, members of the Michigan Corrections Commission ('Commission'), provide them with educational and vocational opportunities comparable to those provided male inmates.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Glover v. Johnson