Blog of Rights
05/25/2012
Solitary Confinement

Solitary Confinement: “More broken than when they went in”

By Alisa Roth, ACLU at 10:54am
Joe Giarratano is hardly a typical prisoner: he’s been involved in two Supreme Court cases; he’s been published in the Yale Law Journal; and he’s ... Read More
05/24/2012
Shackling Pregnant Inmates

$4.1 Million Settlement Puts Jails on Notice: Shackling Pregnant Women is Unlawful

By Amy Fettig, National Prison Project at 5:52pm
Every year in the United States babies are born to women who are literally in chains – shackled to their delivery beds even in the act of labor. Thankfully, ... Read More
05/23/2012
Drug Law Reform

Treating Addiction as a Disease, not a Crime

By Rebecca McCray, Criminal Law Reform Project at 4:05pm
Like many who suffer from addiction, Cameron Douglas’ path to recovery has not been without setbacks. Currently incarcerated in federal prison on a five-year ... Read More
05/21/2012
Prison Rape Elimination Act

New Federal Standards Offer Unprecedented Protections to LGBTI Prisoners

By Leslie Cooper, LGBT Project at 2:25pm
Yesterday the Department of Justice (DOJ) released the long-awaited National Standards to Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Prison Rape. These standards – the ... Read More
05/21/2012
Prison Rape Elimination Act

One Year Longer? Why Won’t DHS Protect Its Detainees under the Prison Rape Elimination Act Right Now?

By Chris Rickerd, Washington Legislative Office at 1:18pm
The Prison Rape Elimination Act was passed by a unanimous Congress in 2003, with regulations due by June 2010. It was clearly intended to cover all detainees, ... Read More
05/21/2012
Prison Rape Elimination Act

PREA Rule: DOJ Takes First Steps to Protect Prison Rape Victims

By Amy Fettig, National Prison Project at 12:05pm
Last Thursday’s release of the long-delayed national Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) regulations by the Department of Justice reminds us of the hundreds of ... Read More
05/17/2012
Prison Rape Elimination Act

The Shameful Index of Prison Rape - Action on PREA Can End the Violence

By Amy Fettig, National Prison Project & Jennifer Wedekind, National Prison Project at 4:29pm
Today the Department of Justice released the long-awaited Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) regulations, representing the first time that the federal government has ... Read More
05/16/2012
Private Prisons

All Dressed Up and No Prison CEO To Debate

By David Shapiro, National Prison Project at 3:18pm
Last week, we challenged Damon Hininger, the head of Corrections Corporation of America – the world’s largest for-profit incarceration company ... Read More
05/15/2012
Solitary Confinement

16 and Solitary: Texas Jails Isolate Children

By Amy Fettig, National Prison Project & Matt Simpson, ACLU of Texas at 3:06pm
Imagine locking a teenager in a bathroom for an entire day, a week, a month, six months, a year, or longer. What would happen to that child? She would miss school. ... Read More
05/10/2012
Private Prisons

ACLU v. CCA: The Private Prison Debate Challenge

By David Fathi, National Prison Project & David Shapiro, National Prison Project at 3:37pm
Even as for-profit facilities lock up nearly 130,000 prisoners and take in billions of taxpayer dollars each year, these prisons remain shrouded in secrecy. The time ... Read More

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