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Apr 22, 2020
New Model Shows COVID-19 Death Toll is 100,000 Higher Than Current Projections
Failure to reduce jail population is the Achilles heel for the efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S.
Apr 21, 2020
Civil Rights Lawyers File Complaint Against State Officials Over COVID-19 Outbreaks in Arkansas State Prisons
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the law firm Squire Patton Boggs, Disability Rights Arkansas, the American Civil Liberties Un...
Apr 21, 2020
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Connecticut Files Federal Emergency Lawsuit to Force Governor, Commissioner of Correction to Protect Incarcerated People from COVID-19
HARTFORD, Conn. – The ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Connecticut filed a federal class action lawsuit late last night on behalf of all people incarcerated in Connecticut prisons and jails, seeking emer...
Apr 16, 2020
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Michigan Urges Governor Gretchen Whitmer to Release Vulnerable People from Prisons to Stop the Spread of COVID-19
DETROIT, Mich. — Following a new Detroit Free Press analysis that the COVID-19 infection rate at the Parnall Correctional Facility in Jackson exceeds that of jails in New York an...
Issue Areas: Smart Justice
Apr 15, 2020
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Urges Georgia State Parole Board to Use Its Constitutional Power to Release Those Age 62 and Older
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Letters Urge Release of Two Individuals Ages 65 and 81
Issue Areas: Smart Justice
Apr 15, 2020
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Connecticut Statement Regarding Today’s Hearing in Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association et al v Lamont et al
HARTFORD, Conn. – The Connecticut Superior Court today held a telephone hearing* for oral arguments regarding a class action lawsuit brought by the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Connecticut seeking em...
Issue Areas: Smart Justice
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