Press Releases
about Prisoners' Rights
Jan 12, 2017
First-Ever National Report on How Solitary Confinement Harms People With Physical Disabilities
Wheelchairs, Braille Materials, Hearing Aids, and Other Vital Devices Are Often Denied in Solitary
Issue Areas:
Disability Rights
Prisoners' Rights
Dec 05, 2016
ACLU And LGBT Groups Call on Obama to Grant Clemency to Chelsea Manning
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union and over a dozen LGBT groups sent a letter to President Barack Obama today urging the commutation of Chelsea Manning’s sentence ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Prisoners' Rights
Aug 18, 2016
Justice Department Tells Bureau of Prisons to Phase Out Private Prisons
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice announced today that it is ordering the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to begin phasing out its use of private prisons.
The order, announc...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Smart Justice
Jul 26, 2016
Lawsuit Challenges Tennessee Department of Corrections Hepatitis C Protocol
Organizations Charge Lack of Treatment is Cruel and Unusual
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Jun 28, 2016
Major Settlement Approved to Improve Baltimore Jail’s Medical Care, Facilities
BALTIMORE – U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander today approved the settlement agreement in Duvall v. Hogan, the class-action suit on behalf of detainees in the Baltimore City ...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Court case: Duvall v. Hogan
Jun 14, 2016
ACLU Settlement With ICE Will Allow Immigrants Held in Detention to Use Functional Telephones for Contacting Lawyers, Families, Government Agencies
Immigration Officials Agree to Give Immigrant Detainees Fighting Deportation Reliable Access to Phones
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Lyon v. ICE, et al
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