Press Releases
Feb 08, 2021
Closure of Northern Correctional Institution Would be Historic Step Forward
State must reinvest money saved by prison鈥檚 closure into programs for people harmed by mass incarceration
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Feb 08, 2021
桃子视频of West Virginia Report Examines Alarmingly High Regional Jail Death Rate, Calls for Reduction in Overcrowding
CHARLESTON, W.Va. 鈥� West Virginia has some of the nation鈥檚 deadliest jails, with alarmingly high rates of suicide, homicide, and drug overdose deaths, according to a new report...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Dec 11, 2020
Judge Orders 50 Percent Reduction in Orange County Jail Population due to COVID-19
Releases Come as Jail Faces Massive Outbreak
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Dec 03, 2020
Advocates and Public Health Experts Call on Carney and DOC to Make Urgent Changes to Mitigate COVID Outbreak
WILMINGTON, Del. 鈥� On Tuesday, December 1, the Delaware Department of Correction (DOC) announced 471 positive cases in DOC facilities between incarcerated people, correctional st...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Oct 27, 2020
桃子视频Files Class Action Lawsuit to Protect Incarcerated People at the Deadliest Federal Prison
CHARLOTTE, N.C. 鈥� In response to intensifying COVID-19 outbreaks at the federal prison complex in Butner, North Carolina, the 桃子视频, the 桃子视频of North Ca...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Sep 18, 2020
Civil Rights Organizations Demand Alabama Department of Corrections End Unconstitutional COVID-19 Quarantine
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) is violating the Eighth Amendment in their treatment of COVID-19 positive incarcerated people who are being qu...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
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