Press Releases
Jun 23, 2026
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµStatement Responding to the Supreme Court Ruling in Case on Religious Freedom for Incarcerated People
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court issued a decision today ruling against Damon Landor, a Rastafari man whose dreadlocks were forcibly shaved by Louisiana prison officials in violati...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Jul 11, 2024
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµApplauds Legislation Creating Oversight and Accountability in Federal Prisons
WASHINGTON – Congress passed the Federal Prison Oversight Act (H.R.3019/S.1401) yesterday, a bipartisan bill that will establish an independent oversight office to investigate an...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
LGBTQ Rights
Jun 22, 2023
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµReaches Landmark Settlement in L.A. County Jails Case
LOS ANGELES – Today, U.S. District Judge Dean D. Pregerson approved an extraordinary settlement between people incarcerated in Los Angeles jails — represented by the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµNatio...
Court case: Rutherford v. Luna
Jul 25, 2022
Arizona Department of Corrections Violating First Amendment by Banning ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ of The Nation Magazine
Arizona prison officials withholding selected issues of The Nation from incarcerated subscribers
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Oct 27, 2020
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµFiles Class Action Lawsuit to Protect Incarcerated People at the Deadliest Federal Prison
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – In response to intensifying COVID-19 outbreaks at the federal prison complex in Butner, North Carolina, the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ, the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof North Ca...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Jan 23, 2018
ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµCalls for North Carolina Prisons to Lift Ban on The New Jim Crow
RALEIGH – The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ of North Carolina is demanding that the state Department of Public Safety immediately lift its unconstitutional ban on Michelle Alexa...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
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