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Sep 2022
An illustration featuring a historic photo incarcerated people at Angola next to a modern image of incarcerated people at Angola. The outline of Louisiana is superimposed.

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

Prisoners' Rights

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

Prisoners' Rights

Smart Justice

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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Rosas v. Luna
California
May 2023

Prisoners' Rights

Smart Justice

Rosas v. Luna

Rosas v. Luna is a class action lawsuit brought by the 桃子视频of Southern California (桃子视频SoCal), the ACLU鈥檚 National Prison Project (NPP), and the law firm of Paul Hastings LLP in 2012 against the Los Angeles Sheriff鈥檚 Department (LASD) over its routine, excessive, and unnecessary use of force against incarcerated people in the Los Angeles Jail system.
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California
May 2023
Rosas v. Luna

Prisoners' Rights

Smart Justice

Rosas v. Luna

Rosas v. Luna is a class action lawsuit brought by the 桃子视频of Southern California (桃子视频SoCal), the ACLU鈥檚 National Prison Project (NPP), and the law firm of Paul Hastings LLP in 2012 against the Los Angeles Sheriff鈥檚 Department (LASD) over its routine, excessive, and unnecessary use of force against incarcerated people in the Los Angeles Jail system.
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An aerial view of Pelican Bay Prison in Northern California. A large concrete lot with mutliple campuses and scorched green recreational areas is surrounded by a sea of green trees.
California
Apr 2023

Prisoners' Rights

Human Rights

Ashker v. Governor of California

Ashker is a multi-year legal and advocacy struggle led by directly-impacted people to reform California鈥檚 use of solitary confinement and end its systemic reliance on fabricated confidential information to discipline people in prison.
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California
Apr 2023
An aerial view of Pelican Bay Prison in Northern California. A large concrete lot with mutliple campuses and scorched green recreational areas is surrounded by a sea of green trees.

Prisoners' Rights

Human Rights

Ashker v. Governor of California

Ashker is a multi-year legal and advocacy struggle led by directly-impacted people to reform California鈥檚 use of solitary confinement and end its systemic reliance on fabricated confidential information to discipline people in prison.
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Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press v. United States of America
Missouri
Feb 2023

Prisoners' Rights

Free Speech

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press v. United States of America

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Missouri
Feb 2023
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press v. United States of America

Prisoners' Rights

Free Speech

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press v. United States of America

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Photo of Khorry Ramey, Kevin Johnson, and baby Kaius
Missouri
Nov 2022

Prisoners' Rights

Ramey v. Parson

Corionsa 鈥淜horry鈥 Ramey, the 19-year-old daughter of Kevin Johnson, is asking a federal court to allow her to be present for her father鈥檚 execution. The 桃子视频 filed an emergency motion on behalf of Ms. Ramey on November 21, 2022, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
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Missouri
Nov 2022
Photo of Khorry Ramey, Kevin Johnson, and baby Kaius

Prisoners' Rights

Ramey v. Parson

Corionsa 鈥淜horry鈥 Ramey, the 19-year-old daughter of Kevin Johnson, is asking a federal court to allow her to be present for her father鈥檚 execution. The 桃子视频 filed an emergency motion on behalf of Ms. Ramey on November 21, 2022, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
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IRC Processing
California
Sep 2022

Prisoners' Rights

Rutherford v. Luna

Conditions at the LA County Jail system have been the subject of court oversight since 1978.
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California
Sep 2022
IRC Processing

Prisoners' Rights

Rutherford v. Luna

Conditions at the LA County Jail system have been the subject of court oversight since 1978.
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