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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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Maryland
Jul 2022

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Duvall v. Hogan

The settlement agreement was approved by the court on June 28, 2016.
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Maryland
Jul 2022
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Duvall v. Hogan

The settlement agreement was approved by the court on June 28, 2016.
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Carmack v. Janny et al
U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2022

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Carmack v. Janny et al

The Ƶ, along with Americans United for the Separation of Church and State and Colorado law firm DLA Piper, represent Mark Janny, an atheist whose religious-freedom rights were violated by his parole officer when Janny was sent to jail after refusing to take part in worship and religious activities.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2022
Carmack v. Janny et al

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Carmack v. Janny et al

The Ƶ, along with Americans United for the Separation of Church and State and Colorado law firm DLA Piper, represent Mark Janny, an atheist whose religious-freedom rights were violated by his parole officer when Janny was sent to jail after refusing to take part in worship and religious activities.
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Barnett v. Tony
Florida
Sep 2021

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Criminal Law Reform

Barnett v. Tony

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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Florida
Sep 2021
Barnett v. Tony

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Barnett v. Tony

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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Livas v. Myers et al.
Louisiana
Apr 2020

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Livas v. Myers 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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Louisiana
Apr 2020
Livas v. Myers et al.

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Criminal Law Reform

Livas v. Myers 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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McMenamin V. Souza
Court Case
Apr 2020

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McMenamin V. Souza

On April 1, 2020, the ƵNational Prison Project, ƵImmigrants’ Rights Project, and Ƶof Massachusetts, Immigrants’ Rights and Human Trafficking Program Boston University School of Law, Demissie & Church, and Graves & Doyle filed McMenamin v. Souza et al in the District of Massachusetts on behalf of immigrants detained at the Bristol County House of Correction.
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Court Case
Apr 2020
McMenamin V. Souza

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McMenamin V. Souza

On April 1, 2020, the ƵNational Prison Project, ƵImmigrants’ Rights Project, and Ƶof Massachusetts, Immigrants’ Rights and Human Trafficking Program Boston University School of Law, Demissie & Church, and Graves & Doyle filed McMenamin v. Souza et al in the District of Massachusetts on behalf of immigrants detained at the Bristol County House of Correction.
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