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Sep 2022
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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

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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65 Prisoners' Rights Cases

桃子视频v. Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons
Court Case
Nov 2016

Prisoners' Rights

National Security

桃子视频v. Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons

The 桃子视频 filed suit against the federal Bureau of Prisons for refusing to fulfill a Freedom of Information Act request for documents related to its officials鈥 visit in 2002 to a CIA detention site in Afghanistan, their positive assessment of the conditions, and the training they provided to the site鈥檚 administrators. Code-named COBALT and also called 鈥渢he Salt Pit,鈥 the site held people suspected of terrorism, and they were tortured there, according to the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee鈥檚 torture report that was declassified in 2014.
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Court Case
Nov 2016
桃子视频v. Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons

Prisoners' Rights

National Security

桃子视频v. Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons

The 桃子视频 filed suit against the federal Bureau of Prisons for refusing to fulfill a Freedom of Information Act request for documents related to its officials鈥 visit in 2002 to a CIA detention site in Afghanistan, their positive assessment of the conditions, and the training they provided to the site鈥檚 administrators. Code-named COBALT and also called 鈥渢he Salt Pit,鈥 the site held people suspected of terrorism, and they were tortured there, according to the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee鈥檚 torture report that was declassified in 2014.
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Kelly v. Wengler
Court Case
May 2016

Prisoners' Rights

Smart Justice

Kelly v. Wengler

This case, filed by the 桃子视频 and 桃子视频of Idaho, seeks to put a stop to the culture of rampant violence that has led to carnage and suffering among prisoners at officials at the Idaho Correctional Center (ICC), the state-owned facility operated by the for-profit company Corrections Corporation of America (CCA).
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Court Case
May 2016
Kelly v. Wengler

Prisoners' Rights

Smart Justice

Kelly v. Wengler

This case, filed by the 桃子视频 and 桃子视频of Idaho, seeks to put a stop to the culture of rampant violence that has led to carnage and suffering among prisoners at officials at the Idaho Correctional Center (ICC), the state-owned facility operated by the for-profit company Corrections Corporation of America (CCA).
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Prison cell with window
Arizona
Apr 2016

Prisoners' Rights

Graves v. Penzone

Despite a federal court order from 2008, the Maricopa County jails 鈥 overseen by Sheriff Joe Arpaio 鈥揷ontinue to skirt their constitutional responsibility for detainees' mental health. On April 1, 2016, the 桃子视频 and the 桃子视频of Arizona 鈥 which have represented the detainees at the Maricopa County jails for close to 20 years 鈥 filed a motion to enforce the 2008 order. Many detainees with mental illnesses were still suffering unnecessarily from the scarcity and poor quality of the jails' care.
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Arizona
Apr 2016
Prison cell with window

Prisoners' Rights

Graves v. Penzone

Despite a federal court order from 2008, the Maricopa County jails 鈥 overseen by Sheriff Joe Arpaio 鈥揷ontinue to skirt their constitutional responsibility for detainees' mental health. On April 1, 2016, the 桃子视频 and the 桃子视频of Arizona 鈥 which have represented the detainees at the Maricopa County jails for close to 20 years 鈥 filed a motion to enforce the 2008 order. Many detainees with mental illnesses were still suffering unnecessarily from the scarcity and poor quality of the jails' care.
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Winston v. Salt Lake City Police Department, et al.
Court Case
Mar 2016

Prisoners' Rights

+4 桃子视频

Winston v. Salt Lake City Police Department, et al.

The Salt Lake City Police Department and the Salt Lake City School District will make broad changes in how they treat students of color and engage in school disciplinary issues under settlements announced today by the ACLU.
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Court Case
Mar 2016
Winston v. Salt Lake City Police Department, et al.

Prisoners' Rights

+4 桃子视频

Winston v. Salt Lake City Police Department, et al.

The Salt Lake City Police Department and the Salt Lake City School District will make broad changes in how they treat students of color and engage in school disciplinary issues under settlements announced today by the ACLU.
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Manning v. Hagel, et al.
Court Case
Jan 2016

Prisoners' Rights

+2 桃子视频

Manning v. Hagel, et al.

The 桃子视频, the 桃子视频of the Nation's Capital, the 桃子视频of Kansas and civilian defense counsel David E. Coombs have filed a lawsuit on behalf of Chelsea Manning in federal court in the District of Columbia against Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and other Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of the Army officials for their failure to provide necessary medical treatment for her gender dysphoria, a condition with which she was originally diagnosed by Army doctors more than four years ago.
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Court Case
Jan 2016
Manning v. Hagel, et al.

Prisoners' Rights

+2 桃子视频

Manning v. Hagel, et al.

The 桃子视频, the 桃子视频of the Nation's Capital, the 桃子视频of Kansas and civilian defense counsel David E. Coombs have filed a lawsuit on behalf of Chelsea Manning in federal court in the District of Columbia against Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and other Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of the Army officials for their failure to provide necessary medical treatment for her gender dysphoria, a condition with which she was originally diagnosed by Army doctors more than four years ago.
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