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Sep 26, 2016
ACLU and Massachusetts Public Defenders Ask Court to Vacate 24,000 Unresolved Dookhan Cases
Almost five years after Hinton drug lab scandal, thousands await justice
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Smart Justice
Sep 15, 2016
Notorious Private Prison Closes Today in Walnut Grove, Mississippi
WALNUT GROVE, Miss. — The Mississippi Department of Corrections closed Walnut Grove Correctional Facility today, a prison operated under contract with the state by the Management...
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
Aug 30, 2016
President Obama Announces a Second Set of More than 100 Clemency Grants This Month
WASHINGTON — In his second set of clemency grants this month, President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 111 prisoners today, 72 of whom were applicants whose petitions wer...
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
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
Jun 03, 2016
President Commutes Life Without Parole Sentence of ACLU Client Douglas Ray Dunkins Jr.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama today commuted the sentences of 42 people, including Douglas Ray Dunkins Jr., 50, who has been serving life without parole for a nonviolent dr...
Issue Areas:
Smart Justice
May 23, 2016
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Contempt Order Against Corrections Corporation of America
BOISE, Idaho – A federal appeals court has upheld a contempt order against Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) for violating terms of a settlement agreement over how it oper...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Smart Justice
Court case: Kelly v. Wengler
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