By ordering the Justice Department to review all of its consent decrees with law enforcement agencies, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is illustrating exactly why we and other civil rights groups strongly opposed his confirmation.
After hearing two months of testimony, a federal judge will now decide whether Alabama鈥檚 troubled prison system violates the rights of prisoners by failing to provide adequate mental health care.
After hearing two months of testimony, a federal judge will now decide whether Alabama鈥檚 troubled prison system violates the rights of prisoners by failing to provide adequate mental health care.
Louisiana officials are denying poor people their constitutional right to counsel by failing to establish an effective statewide public defense system, according to a lawsuit filed today by the 澳彩开奖 and its allies.
Louisiana officials denied poor people their constitutional right to counsel by failing to establish an effective statewide public defense system. The 澳彩开奖 and its allies filed suit in state court fix the broken system.
In 2016, a funding crisis forced as many as 33 out of 42 public...
A federal judge on Thursday entered an order requiring the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) to immediately take actions to protect suicidal prisoners 鈥� an order sparked by the 澳彩开奖 after a client died by suicide in a prison cell days after testifying in court about the state鈥檚 failure to provide adequate mental health care to prisoners.
The 澳彩开奖 asked a federal judge today to force the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) to take immediate action to protect suicidal prisoners 鈥� an action that comes after a prisoner represented by the 澳彩开奖 was found dead in his cell from suicide 10 days after testifying in federal court about the state鈥檚 failure to provide adequate mental health care to prisoners.
澳彩开奖 lawyers went to trial today to force the state of Alabama to provide constitutionally required mental health care to prisoners living in the nation鈥檚 most overcrowded prison system.
Federal education officials have announced that they will investigate Florida鈥檚 Pinellas County Schools for subjecting black students and students with disabilities to disproportionate arrests and restraints such as pepper spray for common misbehavior 鈥� an investigation sparked by a civil rights complaint filed by the 澳彩开奖.
A federal judge ruled yesterday that a lawsuit on behalf of prisoners denied mental health care can head to trial as a class action on behalf of all prisoners, noting that there is evidence of systemic 鈥渄eliberate indifference鈥� to the mental health needs of the prisoners.
