Mass Incarceration
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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U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2011
Mass Incarceration
Racial Justice
Douglas v. Independent Living Center
Whether private individuals may raise a claim that California has failed to comply with federal Medicaid requirements by suing directly under the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2011
Mass Incarceration
Racial Justice
Douglas v. Independent Living Center
Whether private individuals may raise a claim that California has failed to comply with federal Medicaid requirements by suing directly under the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jul 2011
Mass Incarceration
Criminal Law Reform
Lafler v. Cooper and Missouri v. Frye
Whether a criminal defendant who forgoes a plea bargain because of ineffective assistance of counsel is entitled to relief if he subsequently receives a longer sentence after conviction than the prosecutor initially offered.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jul 2011
Mass Incarceration
Criminal Law Reform
Lafler v. Cooper and Missouri v. Frye
Whether a criminal defendant who forgoes a plea bargain because of ineffective assistance of counsel is entitled to relief if he subsequently receives a longer sentence after conviction than the prosecutor initially offered.
Florida
Jun 2011
Mass Incarceration
Racial Justice
ACLU Seeks Information About Constitutionality of Florida Foreclosure Courts
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Florida
Jun 2011
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ACLU Seeks Information About Constitutionality of Florida Foreclosure Courts
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2011
Mass Incarceration
Prisoners' Rights
Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Burlington
Whether a jail policy of strip searching every new detainee violates the Fourth Amendment.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2011
Mass Incarceration
Prisoners' Rights
Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Burlington
Whether a jail policy of strip searching every new detainee violates the Fourth Amendment.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2011
Mass Incarceration
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J.D.B. v. North Carolina
Whether a child's age may be considered as part of the totality of circumstances in determining whether a suspect is in custody and must therefore be given Miranda warnings prior to any police interrogation.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2011
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J.D.B. v. North Carolina
Whether a child's age may be considered as part of the totality of circumstances in determining whether a suspect is in custody and must therefore be given Miranda warnings prior to any police interrogation.