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Allison Frankel

Senior Staff Attorney

ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµCriminal Law Reform Project

Bio

Allison Frankel is a Senior Staff Attorney with the ACLU’s Criminal Law Reform Project (CLRP). She previously served as an Equal Justice Works Fellow with CLRP and the ACLU’s Human Rights Program, and as the Aryeh Neier Fellow with the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµand Human Rights Watch, where she authored a report, Revoked: How Probation and Parole Feed Mass Incarceration in the United States. Prior to joining the ACLU, Allison challenged unlawful restrictions on sex-offense registrants as a fellow with the Center for Appellate Litigation, and served as a law clerk to the Honorable Andrew L. Carter, Jr. of the Southern District of New York. Allison is a graduate of Yale Law School and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.


Featured work

Sep 29, 2022

Three People Share How Ankle Monitoring Devices Fail, Harm, and Stigmatize

Three People Share How Ankle Monitoring Devices Fail, Harm, and Stigmatize

May 16, 2022

Politicians Have No Place Making Parole Decisions for Young People

Politicians Have No Place Making Parole Decisions for Young People

Mar 26, 2014

Only in America: 16-Year-Old Locked Up for the Rest of His Life

Only in America: 16-Year-Old Locked Up for the Rest of His Life

Nov 7, 2013

Anal Probe for a Traffic Stop?

Anal Probe for a Traffic Stop?

Oct 10, 2013

Prosecution Is Not the Way to Save a 10-Year-Old Child

Prosecution Is Not the Way to Save a 10-Year-Old Child

Jul 31, 2013

New Information About CIA Extraordinary Rendition Program Highlights Need For Transparency, Accountability

New Information About CIA Extraordinary Rendition Program Highlights Need For Transparency, Accountability

Jun 21, 2013

Efforts to Close Guantánamo Must Be Accompanied By an End to Force-Feeding

Efforts to Close Guantánamo Must Be Accompanied By an End to Force-Feeding

Jun 7, 2013

U.N. Human Rights Report Foreshadows Recent Surveillance Revelations

U.N. Human Rights Report Foreshadows Recent Surveillance Revelations

Apr 10, 2013

U.S. Must Work to End Human Trafficking, Modern-Day Slavery on Government Contracts

U.S. Must Work to End Human Trafficking, Modern-Day Slavery on Government Contracts

Apr 5, 2013

International Human Rights Body Seeking Answers on U.S. Civil and Political Rights Record

International Human Rights Body Seeking Answers on U.S. Civil and Political Rights Record