A statement before the credits explains that two years after Brubaker was fired, twenty four inmates, led by Coombes, sued the prison.

The U.S. Supreme Court makes an 8-1 decision that abused inmates cannot sue in federal court a privately, state-hired prison company.

Several years ago, inmates from the maximum security Trenton State Prison, which houses New Jersey's death row, sued the state for a sweat lodge.

Judge Ackerman issued the order after inmates sued the county, saying that overcrowded and unsanitary conditions existed in the jail.

In Hope v. Pelzer, a case in which a former inmate sued the prison superintendent for personal injury suffered under the Trusty system, its structure and abuses were detailed.

In 1983 five female inmates sued the Commissioner of the Department of Correction for failing to provide several services.

An inmate sued the Virginia Department of Corrections after he was denied it while members of other religions were allowed their medallions.

The inmates sued on grounds that the policy violates the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibits a federally finance state program from discriminating against individuals on the basis of their disability.

Ms. Fuller said the inmates sued not because of the invasiveness of the searches, but because the searches were videotaped and later reviewed by a male corrections official.

The Supreme Court heard arguments today on whether inmates in a federal prison or detention center run by a private contractor can sue the company for violating their constitutional rights.