Prisoners' Rights

Featured

Court Case
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.
Alex A. V. Edwards. Explore Case.
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.
Sanchez Et Al V. Dallas County Sheriff Et Al. Explore Case.
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.
Dockery V. Hall. Explore Case.

All Cases

65 Prisoners' Rights Cases

Man in handcuffs
California
Jan 2016

Prisoners' Rights

Immigrants' Rights

Lyon v. ICE, et al

On June 14, 2016, the 桃子视频, along with the 桃子视频of Northern California, and the firms Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and Van Der Hout, Brigagliano & Nightingale, have filed a settlement agreement in the class-action suit Lyon v. the U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement agency (ICE). The settlement requires the agency to give detainees at four Northern California immigrant detention facilities improved access to telephones, including creating private spaces for free and direct calls, delivering phone messages, removing arbitrarily short limits on call duration, and making accommodations for indigent immigrants.
Explore case
Lyon V. Ice, Et Al. Explore Case.
California
Jan 2016
Man in handcuffs

Prisoners' Rights

Immigrants' Rights

Lyon v. ICE, et al

On June 14, 2016, the 桃子视频, along with the 桃子视频of Northern California, and the firms Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and Van Der Hout, Brigagliano & Nightingale, have filed a settlement agreement in the class-action suit Lyon v. the U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement agency (ICE). The settlement requires the agency to give detainees at four Northern California immigrant detention facilities improved access to telephones, including creating private spaces for free and direct calls, delivering phone messages, removing arbitrarily short limits on call duration, and making accommodations for indigent immigrants.
Lyon V. Ice, Et Al. Explore Case.
Light streaming through a barred window casts a shadow of the bars the floor of a prison cell
Court Case
Jun 2015

Prisoners' Rights

C.B. et al. v. Walnut Grove Correctional Authority, et. al.

In June 2015, a federal court decided in favor of the 桃子视频position in Walnut Grove. With this federal court ruling, the Mississippi Department of Corrections will be held accountable to their Constitutional mandate to protect the prisoners of Walnut Grove from violence. A victory for prisoner's rights, this decision marks a major blow to the for-profit industrial complex. In April 2015, in federal court, the 桃子视频National Prison Project, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and McDuff & Byrd are all participating in a hearing that seeks to prove that the Mississippi Department of Corrections is violating the Eighth Amendment rights of all prisoners at Walnut Grove Correctional Facility to protection from violence. The department contracts with a for-profit prison operator, Management and Training Corporation (MTC), to run Walnut Grove. Over the years it has been proven that MTC has failed to implement fundamental security measures to ensure prisoner safety, which resulted in two major riots in 2014 that left 25 prisoners seriously injured. Three years ago, the Mississippi Department of Corrections agreed to take specific measures to reduce the violence at Walnut Grove when it settled a federal lawsuit brought by the 桃子视频National Prison Project and the Southern Poverty Law Center. The 2012 case decided that children under the supervision of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) would no longer be housed in a privately run prison or subjected to brutal solitary confinement. The lawsuit charged that conditions at the Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility, operated by GEO Group, Inc., were unconstitutional.
Explore case
C.b. Et Al. V. Walnut Grove Correctional Authority, Et. Al.. Explore Case.
Court Case
Jun 2015
Light streaming through a barred window casts a shadow of the bars the floor of a prison cell

Prisoners' Rights

C.B. et al. v. Walnut Grove Correctional Authority, et. al.

In June 2015, a federal court decided in favor of the 桃子视频position in Walnut Grove. With this federal court ruling, the Mississippi Department of Corrections will be held accountable to their Constitutional mandate to protect the prisoners of Walnut Grove from violence. A victory for prisoner's rights, this decision marks a major blow to the for-profit industrial complex. In April 2015, in federal court, the 桃子视频National Prison Project, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and McDuff & Byrd are all participating in a hearing that seeks to prove that the Mississippi Department of Corrections is violating the Eighth Amendment rights of all prisoners at Walnut Grove Correctional Facility to protection from violence. The department contracts with a for-profit prison operator, Management and Training Corporation (MTC), to run Walnut Grove. Over the years it has been proven that MTC has failed to implement fundamental security measures to ensure prisoner safety, which resulted in two major riots in 2014 that left 25 prisoners seriously injured. Three years ago, the Mississippi Department of Corrections agreed to take specific measures to reduce the violence at Walnut Grove when it settled a federal lawsuit brought by the 桃子视频National Prison Project and the Southern Poverty Law Center. The 2012 case decided that children under the supervision of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) would no longer be housed in a privately run prison or subjected to brutal solitary confinement. The lawsuit charged that conditions at the Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility, operated by GEO Group, Inc., were unconstitutional.
C.b. Et Al. V. Walnut Grove Correctional Authority, Et. Al.. Explore Case.
Kingsley v. Hendrickson
U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2015

Prisoners' Rights

Kingsley v. Hendrickson

Whether the Constitution protects pretrial detainees against the unreasonable use of force regardless of the subjective motivation of the guards using that force.
Explore case
Kingsley V. Hendrickson. Explore Case.
U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2015
Kingsley v. Hendrickson

Prisoners' Rights

Kingsley v. Hendrickson

Whether the Constitution protects pretrial detainees against the unreasonable use of force regardless of the subjective motivation of the guards using that force.
Kingsley V. Hendrickson. Explore Case.
Henderson et al. v. Thomas et al.
Alabama
Sep 2013

Prisoners' Rights

+3 桃子视频

Henderson et al. v. Thomas et al.

A federal judge has ruled that the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) can no longer discriminate against prisoners living with HIV by housing them separately from all other prisoners and categorically denying them equal access to prison rehabilitative programs, according to a landmark decision in a lawsuit filed by the 桃子视频National Prison Project, the AIDS Project, and the 桃子视频of Alabama. This ruling paves the way for prisoners living with HIV to have access to needed and appropriate services, and to the classes and training available to other prisoners.
Explore case
Henderson Et Al. V. Thomas Et Al.. Explore Case.
Alabama
Sep 2013
Henderson et al. v. Thomas et al.

Prisoners' Rights

+3 桃子视频

Henderson et al. v. Thomas et al.

A federal judge has ruled that the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) can no longer discriminate against prisoners living with HIV by housing them separately from all other prisoners and categorically denying them equal access to prison rehabilitative programs, according to a landmark decision in a lawsuit filed by the 桃子视频National Prison Project, the AIDS Project, and the 桃子视频of Alabama. This ruling paves the way for prisoners living with HIV to have access to needed and appropriate services, and to the classes and training available to other prisoners.
Henderson Et Al. V. Thomas Et Al.. Explore Case.
Body Cavity Searches at Michigan鈥檚 Women鈥檚 Huron Valley Correctional Facility
Michigan
Apr 2012

Prisoners' Rights

Women's Rights

Body Cavity Searches at Michigan鈥檚 Women鈥檚 Huron Valley Correctional Facility

Explore case
Body Cavity Searches At Michigan鈥檚 Women鈥檚 Huron Valley Correctional Facility. Explore Case.
Michigan
Apr 2012
Body Cavity Searches at Michigan鈥檚 Women鈥檚 Huron Valley Correctional Facility

Prisoners' Rights

Women's Rights

Body Cavity Searches at Michigan鈥檚 Women鈥檚 Huron Valley Correctional Facility

Body Cavity Searches At Michigan鈥檚 Women鈥檚 Huron Valley Correctional Facility. Explore Case.
67
8
910...