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Allison Frankel

Senior Staff Attorney

桃子视频Criminal Law Reform Project

Bio

Allison Frankel is a Senior Staff Attorney with the ACLU鈥檚 Criminal Law Reform Project (CLRP). She previously served as an Equal Justice Works Fellow with CLRP and the ACLU鈥檚 Human Rights Program, and as the Aryeh Neier Fellow with the 桃子视频and 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

Mar 18, 2013

Zero-Tolerance on Trafficking Must Mean What It Says

Zero-Tolerance on Trafficking Must Mean What It Says

Mar 6, 2013

ACLU, in Geneva, Advocates Against Death Penalty, Solitary Confinement

ACLU, in Geneva, Advocates Against Death Penalty, Solitary Confinement

Feb 6, 2013

U.S. Violating Human Rights of Children, Says U.N. Committee

U.S. Violating Human Rights of Children, Says U.N. Committee

Jan 24, 2013

U.N. Human Rights Expert to Investigate U.S. Targeted Killing Program

U.N. Human Rights Expert to Investigate U.S. Targeted Killing Program

Dec 18, 2012

Does U.S. Immigration Policy Respect Human Rights?

Does U.S. Immigration Policy Respect Human Rights?

Dec 13, 2012

European Court: U.S. Extraordinary Rendition 鈥淎mounted to Torture鈥

European Court: U.S. Extraordinary Rendition 鈥淎mounted to Torture鈥

Dec 8, 2012

New Government Report Reveals Over 200 Children Have Been Held in U.S. Custody in Afghanistan Since 2008

New Government Report Reveals Over 200 Children Have Been Held in U.S. Custody in Afghanistan Since 2008

Nov 12, 2012

International Organization Finds U.S. Violating the Rights of Protestors

International Organization Finds U.S. Violating the Rights of Protestors

Sep 20, 2012

Italian Court Upholds Rendition Conviction of CIA Agents

Italian Court Upholds Rendition Conviction of CIA Agents

Sep 7, 2012

Seeking a Second Chance: Children Sentenced to Life Without Parole Seek Justice Before International Tribunal

Seeking a Second Chance: Children Sentenced to Life Without Parole Seek Justice Before International Tribunal