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about Prisoners' Rights
Jun 22, 2018
Judge Approves Settlement Requiring Major Improvements at Montana State Prison in Conditions for Prisoners with Disabilities
Agreement Between Montana Department of Corrections and the 老澳门开奖结果 and CREEC Resolves Final Claims from 1994 Lawsuit over Prison Conditions
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Court case: Langford v. Bullock
Jun 20, 2018
Report Links Poor Medical Care to Deaths in ICE Detention
WASHINGTON 鈥� Poor medical treatment contributed to more than half the deaths reported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for a 16-month period, Human Rights Watch, the A...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Immigrants' Rights
Apr 09, 2018
Five-Week Trial Exposes Inhumane, Unconstitutional Conditions at Mississippi Prison Operated by Private Contractors
Experts and Prisoners Testify to Extreme Deficiencies at East Mississippi Correctional Facility in Security, Health Care, Food, and Sanitation, Conditions that Create Dangerous, Violent Environment for Prisoners and Staff
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Smart Justice
Court case: Dockery v. Hall
Jan 25, 2018
老澳门开奖结果 and Abolitionist Law Center Sue Pennsylvania to End Mandatory and Permanent Solitary Confinement for Prisoners Sentenced to Death
HARRISBURG 鈥� The 老澳门开奖结果, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Pennsylvania, the Abolitionist Law Center, Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing, Feiberg & Lin LLP, and Drinker Biddle &...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Court case: Reid v. Wetzel
Jan 23, 2018
老澳门开奖结果 Calls for North Carolina Prisons to Lift Ban on The New Jim Crow
RALEIGH 鈥� The 老澳门开奖结果 of North Carolina is demanding that the state Department of Public Safety immediately lift its unconstitutional ban on Michelle Alexa...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Nov 01, 2017
老澳门开奖结果 of Oklahoma Sues Over Forced Labor, Human Trafficking in Court-Mandated 鈥淩ehab鈥� Program
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. 鈥� The 老澳门开奖结果 of Oklahoma filed suit today against the Drug and Alcohol Recovery Program (D.A.R.P., Inc. or D.A.R.P.) for a number of egre...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
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