Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Conditions
Jensen v. Thornell
UPDATE: In a thorough and sweeping injunction issued on April 7, 2023, U.S. District Judge Roslyn O. Silver is requiring the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry (鈥淎DCRR鈥) to make 鈥渟ubstantial鈥 changes to staffing and conditions so that medical care and mental healthcare at Arizona prisons comes up to constitutional standards.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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Sep 2022
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Alex A. v. Edwards
The 桃子视频National Prison Project and partner civil rights attorneys filed a federal class-action lawsuit to prevent the transfer of children in the custody of Louisiana's Office of Juvenile Justice to the Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly known as Angola Prison.
Texas
Jul 2021
Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Conditions
Criminal Law Reform
Sanchez et al v. Dallas County Sheriff et al
Decarceration has always been an emergency, a life and death proposition, but COVID-19 makes this effort intensely urgent. The 桃子视频has been working with our partners to litigate for the rights of those who are incarcerated and cannot protect themselves because of the policies of the institutions in which they are jailed.
Mississippi
Mar 2017
Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Conditions
Prisoners' Rights
Dockery v. Hall
The ACLU, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the Law Offices of Elizabeth Alexander, and the law firm of Covington & Burling LLP, filed a petition for class certification and expert reports for a federal lawsuit on behalf of prisoners at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility (EMCF). The lawsuit, which was filed in May 2013, describes the for-profit prison as hyper-violent, grotesquely filthy and dangerous. EMCF is operated "in a perpetual state of crisis" where prisoners are at "grave risk of death and loss of limbs." The facility, located in Meridian, Mississippi, is supposed to provide intensive treatment to the state's prisoners with serious psychiatric disabilities, many of whom are locked down in long-term solitary confinement.
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California
May 2023
Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Conditions
Smart Justice
Rosas v. Luna
Rosas v. Luna is a class action lawsuit brought by the 桃子视频of Southern California (桃子视频SoCal), the ACLU鈥檚 National Prison Project (NPP), and the law firm of Paul Hastings LLP in 2012 against the Los Angeles Sheriff鈥檚 Department (LASD) over its routine, excessive, and unnecessary use of force against incarcerated people in the Los Angeles Jail system.
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California
May 2023
Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Conditions
Smart Justice
Rosas v. Luna
Rosas v. Luna is a class action lawsuit brought by the 桃子视频of Southern California (桃子视频SoCal), the ACLU鈥檚 National Prison Project (NPP), and the law firm of Paul Hastings LLP in 2012 against the Los Angeles Sheriff鈥檚 Department (LASD) over its routine, excessive, and unnecessary use of force against incarcerated people in the Los Angeles Jail system.
California
Apr 2023
Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Conditions
Prisoners' Rights
Ashker v. Governor of California
Ashker is a multi-year legal and advocacy struggle led by directly-impacted people to reform California鈥檚 use of solitary confinement and end its systemic reliance on fabricated confidential information to discipline people in prison.
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California
Apr 2023
Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Conditions
Prisoners' Rights
Ashker v. Governor of California
Ashker is a multi-year legal and advocacy struggle led by directly-impacted people to reform California鈥檚 use of solitary confinement and end its systemic reliance on fabricated confidential information to discipline people in prison.
California
Sep 2022
Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Conditions
Rutherford v. Luna
Conditions at the LA County Jail system have been the subject of court oversight since 1978.
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California
Sep 2022
Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Conditions
Rutherford v. Luna
Conditions at the LA County Jail system have been the subject of court oversight since 1978.
Maryland
Jul 2022
Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Conditions
Prisoners' Rights
Duvall v. Hogan
The settlement agreement was approved by the court on June 28, 2016.
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Maryland
Jul 2022
Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Conditions
Prisoners' Rights
Duvall v. Hogan
The settlement agreement was approved by the court on June 28, 2016.
Court Case
Apr 2019
Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Conditions
Carruthers v. Tony
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