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Citing Expert Reports on Inhumane Prison Conditions, ACLU Asks Court to Speed Review of MS Prison Case (09/06/2002)
JACKSON, MS--The American Civil Liberties Union today asked a federal court to speed review of a lawsuit over prison conditions at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, citing reports by court-appointed experts detailing inhumane conditions that have directly contributed to psychiatric problems in the prison population.

ACLU Calls Prison Rape Reduction Bill Positive Step, But Says More Needed to Protect Current Victims (07/31/2002)
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union today gave its qualified support to a prison rape reduction bill, which it says is a positive step, but said also that the problem needs more comprehensive reform.

Texas Officials Complicit in Gang Rape and Sexual Slavery of Gay Black Man, ACLU Charges (04/17/2002)
WASHINGTON--In a case that highlights prison systems' failure to protect vulnerable prisoners -- and the role bias plays in who gets protected -- the American Civil Liberties Union today filed a lawsuit against Texas prison officials who permitted a gay African American man to be repeatedly raped and sold as a sexual slave for $5.

District Court Approves ACLU Settlement, Orders Improvements at Wisconsin's "Supermax" (03/08/2002)
MADISON, WI -- Remedying some of the country's most deplorable prison conditions, U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Crabb today approved a settlement agreement between the Wisconsin Department of Corrections and prisoners incarcerated at the Supermax Correctional Institution in Boscobel, Wisconsin. 

Federal Judge Says Ohio "Supermax" Prison Violates Constitutional Rights (02/26/2002)
CLEVELAND-- A federal district judge ruled today that brutal conditions at an Ohio Supermax prison "impose an atypical and significant hardship" on prisoners and that their placement in the facility has "great potential for error" in violation of their rights. 

ACLU of Washington Sues to Remedy Inhumane Conditions at County Jail (02/26/2002)
TACOMA, WA--The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington today filed a class-action lawsuit asking a federal court to order an immediate remedy to inhumane conditions at a local county jail, including lack of heat in winter, denial of medications as punishment, overflowing toilets and lack of basic hygiene products such as toilet paper.

Ohio "Supermax" Prison Case Goes to Trial Monday; Focus Will Be on Brutal Conditions at Penitentiary (01/04/2002)
CLEVELAND--A week-long trial begins Monday in a class-action lawsuit brought by more than 300 inmates over brutal conditions at the "Supermax" prison in Youngstown. 

Bowing to ACLU Lawsuit, CT Officials Will Move Prisoners Out of Notorious Virginia "Supermax" (07/24/2001)
HARTFORD, CT--In a victory for prisoners' rights, state officials said today they will move inmates under their care out of a notorious "Supermax" prison in rural Virginia where two Connecticut prisoners have died in the last 18 months. 

New ACLU Lawsuit Details Horrors at Wisconsin "Supermax" Prison (06/29/2001)
MILWAUKEE--Wisconsin's super maximum prison in Boscobel is even more inhumane than originally claimed, according to an amended class action lawsuit filed today in Madison by the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin and a group of concerned attorneys. 

Supreme Court Hears Arguments Today on English-Only Rule and Censorship of Prisoners (01/16/2001)
WASHINGTON--The U.S. Supreme Court will hear two important civil rights arguments today. In the first, the Justices will consider whether Alabama may refuse to accommodate driver's license applicants who do not read English; the second case looks at whether prison officials may censor prisoner communications that are critical of its employees.

Court Ruling Allows Inmate to Press Abuse Lawsuit in ACLU Challenge to Restriction on Prisoners' Rights (10/06/2000)
LOS ANGELES--The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California announced success today in its challenge to the retroactive application of a law restricting prisoners lawsuits in a civil rights case brought by an inmate at the notorious Corcoran State Prison.

Acting on Behalf of Inmates and Local Publishers, ACLU Challenges Censorship in Colorado Prisons (03/22/2000)
DENVER, CO -- Acting on behalf of eight local publishers and the prisoners who want to read their papers, the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado today filed a federal court challenge to the censorship of books, newspapers, magazines, and political commentary by the Colorado Department of Corrections.

ACLU Sues Missouri Authorities Over "Deplorable" Conditions at County Jail (10/06/1999)
SPRINGFIELD, MO---Acting on behalf of an inmate, the American Civil Liberties Union today filed a class action lawsuit against county officials today, citing inhumane conditions at a jail in Ozark.

14 Years Later, State Prison Monitoring in Hawaii to End (09/16/1999)
OAHU, HI -- Conditions at Oahu Community Correctional Center have been improved sufficiently to end 14 years of mandated monitoring by national experts, the Honolulu Star Bulletin reported today.