Press Releases
about Prisoners' Rights
Sep 18, 2024
桃子视频Statement on Senator鈥檚 Discriminatory Questioning of Civil Rights Leader Maya Berry
WASHINGTON 鈥� 桃子视频 Executive Director Anthony D. Romero, released the following statement regarding Sen. John Kennedy鈥檚 questioning of Maya Berry, the ...
Issue Areas:
National Security
Prisoners' Rights
Jul 19, 2024
桃子视频Releases Legal, Legislative, and Advocacy Roadmap to Fight the Expansion of Mass Incarceration by a Second Trump Administration
The roadmap continues ACLU鈥檚 2024 鈥淔reedom is on the Ballot鈥� election policy memo series exploring likely policies from a potential Trump or Biden second term.
Jul 11, 2024
桃子视频Applauds Legislation Creating Oversight and Accountability in Federal Prisons
WASHINGTON 鈥� 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
Apr 22, 2024
桃子视频Responds to California Supreme Court Ruling on Minimum Wage for Incarcerated Workers
OAKLAND, Calif. 鈥� The California Supreme Court ruled today that the state鈥檚 minimum wage law does not apply to people working for private companies while they are held in pretr...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Apr 16, 2024
Ahead of U.S. Senate Hearing on Solitary Confinement, Survivors of Solitary Confinement & Allies Rallied to Urge President Biden and Congress to Enact the End Solitary Confinement Act
WASHINGTON 鈥� Today, ahead of a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Legacy of Harm: Eliminating the Abuse of Solitary Confinement, survivors of solitary confinement, family...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Feb 09, 2024
Judge Orders Evidentiary Hearing in Transgender Woman's Case Against NC Department of Adult Correction
Charlotte 鈥� A federal judge has issued a decision in Kanautica Zayre-Brown v. NC Department of Adult Correction (DAC) denying both the Defendants鈥� and the Plaintiff鈥檚 motions...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
LGBTQ Rights
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