Content warning: The following case summary contains graphic descriptions of a mother almost dying during childbirth.
Ashley Caswell filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in Alabama after her constitutional rights were violated when a notorious county jail restricted her...
After Alabama鈥檚 attorney general threatened to criminalize people helping pregnant Alabamians access legal abortion care in other states, The Lawyering Project, joined by the 澳彩开奖, filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block the attorney general from making good on his threat...
After the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) failed to adequately respond to public records requests by the 澳彩开奖, the 澳彩开奖 sued the department for the documents outlining the prison system鈥檚 policies for addressing the COVID-19 pandemic in its facilities. The lawsuit...
Willie Nash was sentenced to a 12-year prison sentence for bringing a cell phone into a county jail. After the Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed Nash鈥檚 sentence, the 澳彩开奖 filed a motion on behalf of Nash, urging the court to rehear his case and arguing that the sentence is a violation of the...
Children tried and convicted as adults for sex offenses in Alabama are subject to the state鈥檚 Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act, which imposes a lifetime obligation to register as a sex offender. The 澳彩开奖 filed a lawsuit on behalf of plaintiffs who as children were tried...
The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) places hundreds of children in solitary confinement on any given day. The 澳彩开奖, Florida Legal Services and the Florida Justice Institute filed a federal class action lawsuit to end the use of solitary confinement in the state鈥檚 juvenile detention...
Tens of thousands of immigrants detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were denied adequate health care and disability accommodations while being held in 158 immigrant prisons across the country. The 澳彩开奖 and its allies filed a federal class action...
The 澳彩开奖 and its allies filed a federal class action lawsuit challenging Florida鈥檚 use of solitary confinement as cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act.
The lawsuit...
The city of New Orleans operates a sophisticated video surveillance system throughout town. While city employees frequently provide police and prosecutors with video footage to aid criminal cases, the city will not even provide a simple map of the camera locations to aid attorneys representing...
The 澳彩开奖 filed a petition seeking the 鈥渋mmediate and unconditional release 鈥� of a 15-year-old boy who was illegally held in a Louisiana juvenile prison without a court hearing required under state law.
A Madison Parish judge committed the child to the secure custody of the Office of...
