Press Releases
about Prisoners' Rights
Dec 16, 2019
Bill Protecting Parents in Prison, and Their Children and Families, Passes Legislature
Bill provides critical oversight protections, guarantees visitation time, placement close to children, parenting classes, and essential health products, among other provisions
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Dec 11, 2019
ACLU-WA lawsuit settled: Federal prison system agrees to provide medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder
For the third time in the past year, the Bureau of Prisons agreed to go against its policy of denying treatment to non-pregnant inmates in response to litigation
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Nov 25, 2019
ACLU-RI Attorneys Intervene in Contempt Case Against Rhode Island Department of Corrections
ACLU of RI cooperating attorneys have intervened in an inmate’s pro se legal action seeking to hold the state Department of Corrections (DOC) in contempt of court for violating a...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Nov 19, 2019
ACLU of Georgia Sends Cobb County Sheriff’s Office Open Records Request Concerning Conditions at its Adult Detention Center
ATLANTA – Today, the ACLU of Georgia sent the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office an open records request regarding conditions at its Adult Detention Center. The Detention Center has...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Nov 18, 2019
Settlement Reached to End Permanent Solitary Confinement for People Sentenced to Death in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Pennsylvania, the Abolitionist Law Center, and counsel Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP and Kairys, Rudovsky, Mess...
Issue Areas:
Capital Punishment
Prisoners' Rights
Oct 28, 2019
New Report: Exclusive Data Reveals Pervasive Use of Solitary Confinement in New York State Prisons
Analysis Shows the HALT Act Would Eliminate Long-Term Isolation for Thousands, While DOCCS’ Proposal Would Not End Inhumane Use of Solitary Confinement
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
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