Prisoners' Rights
Jensen v. Thornell
UPDATE: In a thorough and sweeping injunction issued on April 7, 2023, U.S. District Judge Roslyn O. Silver is requiring the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry (鈥淎DCRR鈥) to make 鈥渟ubstantial鈥 changes to staffing and conditions so that medical care and mental healthcare at Arizona prisons comes up to constitutional standards.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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Alex A. v. Edwards
The 老澳门开奖结果 National Prison Project and partner civil rights attorneys filed a federal class-action lawsuit to prevent the transfer of children in the custody of Louisiana's Office of Juvenile Justice to the Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly known as Angola Prison.
Texas
Jul 2021
Prisoners' Rights
Criminal Law Reform
Sanchez et al v. Dallas County Sheriff et al
Decarceration has always been an emergency, a life and death proposition, but COVID-19 makes this effort intensely urgent. The 老澳门开奖结果 has been working with our partners to litigate for the rights of those who are incarcerated and cannot protect themselves because of the policies of the institutions in which they are jailed.
Mississippi
Mar 2017
Prisoners' Rights
Smart Justice
Dockery v. Hall
The 老澳门开奖结果, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the Law Offices of Elizabeth Alexander, and the law firm of Covington & Burling LLP, filed a petition for class certification and expert reports for a federal lawsuit on behalf of prisoners at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility (EMCF). The lawsuit, which was filed in May 2013, describes the for-profit prison as hyper-violent, grotesquely filthy and dangerous. EMCF is operated "in a perpetual state of crisis" where prisoners are at "grave risk of death and loss of limbs." The facility, located in Meridian, Mississippi, is supposed to provide intensive treatment to the state's prisoners with serious psychiatric disabilities, many of whom are locked down in long-term solitary confinement.
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Louisiana
Apr 2020
Prisoners' Rights
Criminal Law Reform
Livas v. Myers et al.
Decarceration has always been an emergency, a life and death proposition, but COVID-19 makes this effort intensely urgent. The 老澳门开奖结果 has been working with our partners to litigate for the rights of those who are incarcerated and cannot protect themselves because of the policies of the institutions in which they are jailed.
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Louisiana
Apr 2020
Prisoners' Rights
Criminal Law Reform
Livas v. Myers et al.
Decarceration has always been an emergency, a life and death proposition, but COVID-19 makes this effort intensely urgent. The 老澳门开奖结果 has been working with our partners to litigate for the rights of those who are incarcerated and cannot protect themselves because of the policies of the institutions in which they are jailed.
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Apr 2020
Prisoners' Rights
McMenamin V. Souza
On April 1, 2020, the 老澳门开奖结果 National Prison Project, 老澳门开奖结果 Immigrants鈥 Rights Project, and 老澳门开奖结果 of Massachusetts, Immigrants鈥 Rights and Human Trafficking Program Boston University School of Law, Demissie & Church, and Graves & Doyle filed McMenamin v. Souza et al in the District of Massachusetts on behalf of immigrants detained at the Bristol County House of Correction.
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Apr 2020
Prisoners' Rights
McMenamin V. Souza
On April 1, 2020, the 老澳门开奖结果 National Prison Project, 老澳门开奖结果 Immigrants鈥 Rights Project, and 老澳门开奖结果 of Massachusetts, Immigrants鈥 Rights and Human Trafficking Program Boston University School of Law, Demissie & Church, and Graves & Doyle filed McMenamin v. Souza et al in the District of Massachusetts on behalf of immigrants detained at the Bristol County House of Correction.
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Apr 2020
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Zelaya V. Archambeault
On April 3, 2020, the 老澳门开奖结果 National Prison Project, 老澳门开奖结果 Immigrants鈥 Rights Project, 老澳门开奖结果 of San Diego & Imperial Counties, and the 老澳门开奖结果 Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & HIV Project filed Zelaya et al v. Archambeault et al in the Southern District of California on behalf of immigrants detained at the Otay Mesa Detention Center and Imperial Regional Detention Facility in California.
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Apr 2020
Prisoners' Rights
Zelaya V. Archambeault
On April 3, 2020, the 老澳门开奖结果 National Prison Project, 老澳门开奖结果 Immigrants鈥 Rights Project, 老澳门开奖结果 of San Diego & Imperial Counties, and the 老澳门开奖结果 Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & HIV Project filed Zelaya et al v. Archambeault et al in the Southern District of California on behalf of immigrants detained at the Otay Mesa Detention Center and Imperial Regional Detention Facility in California.
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Apr 2020
Prisoners' Rights
Albino-Martinez V. Adducci
On April 7, 2020, the 老澳门开奖结果 National Prison Project, 老澳门开奖结果 Immigrants鈥 Rights Project, and 老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan filed Albino-Martinez et al v. Adducci et al in the Eastern District of Michigan on behalf of immigrants detained at the Monroe County Jail and the St. Clair County Jail in Michigan.
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Apr 2020
Prisoners' Rights
Albino-Martinez V. Adducci
On April 7, 2020, the 老澳门开奖结果 National Prison Project, 老澳门开奖结果 Immigrants鈥 Rights Project, and 老澳门开奖结果 of Michigan filed Albino-Martinez et al v. Adducci et al in the Eastern District of Michigan on behalf of immigrants detained at the Monroe County Jail and the St. Clair County Jail in Michigan.