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Prisoners' Rights

Alex A. v. Edwards

The 桃子视频National 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 桃子视频has 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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65 Prisoners' Rights Cases

Barber v. Thomas
U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2010

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Barber v. Thomas

Whether the Bureau of Prisoners is improperly denying federal prisoners good time credits, and thus prolonging the prison sentences, by misinterpreting the relevant congressional statute.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2010
Barber v. Thomas

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Barber v. Thomas

Whether the Bureau of Prisoners is improperly denying federal prisoners good time credits, and thus prolonging the prison sentences, by misinterpreting the relevant congressional statute.
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Man in handcuffs
New Jersey
Nov 2009

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Thompson v. Ricci, et al.

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New Jersey
Nov 2009
Man in handcuffs

Prisoners' Rights

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Thompson v. Ricci, et al.

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Nelson v. Norris
U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2009

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Nelson v. Norris

The case of an Arkansas woman who was shackled to her hospital bed while in labor in 2003.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2009
Nelson v. Norris

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Nelson v. Norris

The case of an Arkansas woman who was shackled to her hospital bed while in labor in 2003.
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Davis, et al. v. Canyon County, Idaho, et al.
U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2009

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Davis, et al. v. Canyon County, Idaho, et al.

Six plaintiffs file this action on their own behalf and on behalf of a class of all other persons incarcerated, now or in the future, in the Canyon County Jail in Caldwell, Idaho.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2009
Davis, et al. v. Canyon County, Idaho, et al.

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Davis, et al. v. Canyon County, Idaho, et al.

Six plaintiffs file this action on their own behalf and on behalf of a class of all other persons incarcerated, now or in the future, in the Canyon County Jail in Caldwell, Idaho.
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Addressing the Unintended Consequences of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA)
Court Case
Apr 2008

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Addressing the Unintended Consequences of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA)

桃子视频Efforts to Fix the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA)
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Court Case
Apr 2008
Addressing the Unintended Consequences of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA)

Prisoners' Rights

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Addressing the Unintended Consequences of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA)

桃子视频Efforts to Fix the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA)
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