Prisoners' Rights
Sanchez et al v. Dallas County Sheriff et al
Sanchez et al v. Dallas County Sheriff et al
Prisoners' Rights
Status: Filed
Decarceration has always been an emergency, a life and death proposition, but COVID-19 makes this effort intensely urgent. The ACLU has been working with our partners to litigate for the rights of those who are incarcerated and cannot protect themselves because of the policies of the institutions in which they are jailed.
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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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Carmack v. Janny et al
Prisoners' Rights
Status: Dismissed
The American Civil Liberties Union, along with Americans United for the Separation of Church and State and Colorado law firm DLA Piper, represent Mark Janny, an atheist whose religious-freedom rights were violated by his parole officer when Janny was sent to jail after refusing to take part in worship and religious activities.
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Sep 21, 2021
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Barnett v. Tony
Prisoners' Rights
Decarceration has always been an emergency, a life and death proposition, but COVID-19 makes this effort intensely urgent. The ACLU has been working with our partners to litigate for the rights of those who are incarcerated and cannot protect themselves because of the policies of the institutions in which they are jailed.
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Apr 13, 2020
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Albino-Martinez V. Adducci
Prisoners' Rights
On April 7, 2020, the ACLU National Prison Project, ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project, and ACLU of Michigan filed Albino-Martinez et al v. Adducci et al in the Eastern District of Michigan on behalf of immigrants detained at the Monroe County Jail and the St. Clair County Jail in Michigan.
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Apr 13, 2020
Apr 13, 2020
Malam v. Adducci
Prisoners' Rights
On April 5, 2020, the ACLU National Prison Project, ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project, and ACLU of Michigan filed Malam v. Adducci et al in the Eastern District of Michigan on behalf of immigrants detained at the Calhoun County Correctional Center.
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Apr 13, 2020
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McMenamin V. Souza
Prisoners' Rights
On April 1, 2020, the ACLU National Prison Project, ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project, and ACLU of Massachusetts, Immigrants’ Rights and Human Trafficking Program Boston University School of Law, Demissie & Church, and Graves & Doyle filed McMenamin v. Souza et al in the District of Massachusetts on behalf of immigrants detained at the Bristol County House of Correction.
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