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Sep 2022
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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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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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65 Prisoners' Rights Cases

Garrison S. Johnson v. California
U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2005

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Garrison S. Johnson v. California

Reviewing whether California's policy of racially segregating all new prisoners should be subject to strict judicial scrutiny. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2005
Garrison S. Johnson v. California

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Garrison S. Johnson v. California

Reviewing whether California's policy of racially segregating all new prisoners should be subject to strict judicial scrutiny. DECIDED
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Jay V. Johnson v. California
U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2005

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Jay V. Johnson v. California

Reviewing the procedure by which a defendant can establish that the prosecution improperly used its peremptory jury challenges in a racially discriminatory fashion. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Feb 2005
Jay V. Johnson v. California

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Jay V. Johnson v. California

Reviewing the procedure by which a defendant can establish that the prosecution improperly used its peremptory jury challenges in a racially discriminatory fashion. DECIDED
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Hope v. Pelzer
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2002

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Hope v. Pelzer

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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2002
Hope v. Pelzer

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Hope v. Pelzer

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Booth v. Churner
U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2000

Prisoners' Rights

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Booth v. Churner

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U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2000
Booth v. Churner

Prisoners' Rights

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Booth v. Churner

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Johnson, et. al. v. Hadix, et. al.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 1999

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Johnson, et. al. v. Hadix, et. al.

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U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 1999
Johnson, et. al. v. Hadix, et. al.

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Johnson, et. al. v. Hadix, et. al.

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