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Prisoners' Rights

Alex A. v. Edwards

The ƵNational 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.
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Texas
Jul 2021
Sanchez et al v. Dallas County Sheriff et al

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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 Ƶhas 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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Mississippi
Mar 2017
Dockery v. Hall

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Dockery v. Hall

The ACLU, 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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Mass Incarceration
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Dec 2010

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Ƶcomments to European Court of Human Rights in Babar Ahmad and Others v. The United Kingdom

Conditions of confinement in a US supermax prison
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Court Case
Dec 2010
Mass Incarceration

Prisoners' Rights

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Ƶcomments to European Court of Human Rights in Babar Ahmad and Others v. The United Kingdom

Conditions of confinement in a US supermax prison
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U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2010

Prisoners' Rights

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Sossamon v. Texas

Whether the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, which was designed in part to protect the religious rights of prisoners, allows prisoners to sue a state for money damages when a state violates those religious rights.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2010

Prisoners' Rights

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Sossamon v. Texas

Whether the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, which was designed in part to protect the religious rights of prisoners, allows prisoners to sue a state for money damages when a state violates those religious rights.
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Health Care at Ely State Prison
Court Case
Jul 2010

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Health Care at Ely State Prison

ƵLawsuit Charges Grossly Inadequate Medical Care At State Prison In Nevada
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Court Case
Jul 2010
Health Care at Ely State Prison

Prisoners' Rights

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Health Care at Ely State Prison

ƵLawsuit Charges Grossly Inadequate Medical Care At State Prison In Nevada
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Benkahla v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al.
Indiana
Jun 2010

Prisoners' Rights

Smart Justice

Benkahla v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al.

The Ƶ and the Ƶof Indiana today filed a legal complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana challenging the confinement of an American citizen in a Communication Management Unit (CMU) -- secretly created housing units inside federal prisons in which prisoners are condemned to live in stark isolation from the outside world.
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Indiana
Jun 2010
Benkahla v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al.

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Smart Justice

Benkahla v. Federal Bureau of Prisons, et al.

The Ƶ and the Ƶof Indiana today filed a legal complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana challenging the confinement of an American citizen in a Communication Management Unit (CMU) -- secretly created housing units inside federal prisons in which prisoners are condemned to live in stark isolation from the outside world.
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Hui v. Castaneda
U.S. Supreme Court
May 2010

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Hui v. Castaneda

Whether a lawsuit seeking damages for the unconstitutional denial of medical care can be brought against Public Health Service doctors working in immigration detention facilities.
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U.S. Supreme Court
May 2010
Hui v. Castaneda

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Hui v. Castaneda

Whether a lawsuit seeking damages for the unconstitutional denial of medical care can be brought against Public Health Service doctors working in immigration detention facilities.
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