Illinois

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
04/02/2012
Solitary Confinement

ACLU Calls for Tamms Closure

By Rachel Myers, ACLU at 1:29pm
In a new podcast, former Tamms prisoner Brian Nelson talks about the 23 years he spent in solitary confinement. Read More
03/16/2012
Overincarceration

Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights

By Alex Stamm, Center for Justice at 4:04pm
Today, the U.S. has the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world. With over 2.3 million men and women living behind bars, our imprisonment rate ... Read More
12/02/2011
Overincarceration

Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights

By Rebecca McCray, Criminal Law Reform Project at 3:53pm
Today, the U.S. has the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world. With over 2.3 million men and women living behind bars, our imprisonment rate is the ... Read More
08/15/2011
Camdenton

ACLU Sues Missouri School District for Illegally Censoring LGBT Websites

By Suzanne Ito, ACLU at 4:32pm
Can't say we didn't warn them. Back in May, as part of our Don't Filter Me project, the ACLU sent a letter to the Camdenton School District informing them that the ... Read More
07/26/2011
Transgender ID

Excuse Me, Ma'am, This Isn’t Your ID

By James Esseks, Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project at 2:34pm
Last fall, K.L., an Alaskan who transitioned to living as a woman two years ago, got her local Department of Motor Vehicles office to change the gender marker on ... Read More
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