The 澳彩开奖 has reached an agreement with officials in Orleans Parish, La., to address the brutal and inhumane conditions at the Orleans Parish Prison, where prisoners have endured rampant violence, sexual assaults and neglect.
Vermilion Parish (La.) Sheriff Michael Couvillon refused to turn over public records related to the detention of individuals suspected of being undocumented. The 澳彩开奖 requested the records under the Louisiana Public Records Act to determine if the sheriff鈥檚 office was holding immigrants in jail for prolonged periods of time due to unconstitutional racial profiling.
Prisoners at the Orleans Parish Prison in Louisiana endured rampant violence, multiple sexual assaults and neglect. The 澳彩开奖 filed a federal lawsuit against Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin N. Gusman, charging the sheriff鈥檚 indifference created the brutal and inhumane conditions at the jail. The 澳彩开奖 reached an agreement with officials in December 2012 to address the brutal and inhumane conditions at the Orleans Parish Prison.
The 澳彩开奖 filed a federal class action lawsuit on behalf of Polk County youth, which charges that Polk County detains youth charged as juveniles under adult standards. It also charges that Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd allows guards to brutalize children and fails to provide these youth with adequate educational and rehabilitative services.
Alabama has made many important changes to the juvenile justice system. There is now an opportunity to create a statewide model for girls. Developing a statewide, locally run model system of care for girls will again demonstrate the state鈥檚 commitment to move away from a typical correctional institutional approach to troubled youth.
South Carolina passed an extreme anti-immigrant law in 2011. The law required police to demand 鈥減apers鈥� demonstrating citizenship or immigration status during traffic stops when they have 鈥渞easonable suspicion鈥� that a person is an undocumented immigrant. It also criminalized everyday interactions with undocumented immigrants. The 澳彩开奖 joined a coalition of civil rights groups in filing a federal class action lawsuit challenging the law as unconstitutional. A settlement reached in 2014 blocked major provisions of the law.
Georgia in 2011 enacted a law authorizing police to demand "papers" demonstrating citizenship or immigration status during traffic stops, criminalizes Georgians who interact with undocumented individuals, and makes it unjustifiably difficult for individuals without specific identification documents to access state facilities and services. The 澳彩开奖 joined a group of organizations in filing a class action lawsuit challenging the law on constitutional grounds.
Children held at the Henley-Young Juvenile Justice Center in Jackson, Miss., were denied mental health services and subjected to verbal abuse and threats of physical harm by staff members. The 澳彩开奖 and Disability Rights Mississippi filed a class action lawsuit in June 2011 after numerous attempts to resolve the issues with county officials failed. A settlement agreement to protect youth at the facility was approved in March 2012.
The Forrest County Juvenile Detention Center in Mississippi was the site of numerous abuse allegations. Security camera footage from the facility showed youths being slammed into walls and beaten by staffers. When Disability Rights Mississippi (DRMS) attempted to provide the youths with services to protect them from further abuse, Forrest County officials blocked access to them. The 澳彩开奖 and DRMS sued the county to force it to comply with federal law and allow DRMS access to the children. After county officials settled the suit by granting access, a second lawsuit was filed challenging the inhumane conditions found at the facility in Hattiesburg. County officials agreed to improve the conditions at the facility as part of a settlement agreement for the second lawsuit.
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