Lawyers Vow to Continue to Pursue Invalidation of Widespread Unconstitutional Use of Wanteds November 2, 2022, St. Louis, MO – Yesterday, the federal Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued an...
Versión en español a seguir September 22, 2022, New York — A federal district court judge ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Tuesday to search the records of former Trump...
Groups argue “Death by Incarceration” is torture and violates ban on racial discrimination September 15, 2022, New York ‒ A national coalition of advocacy and legal groups today submitted a complaint...
August 10, 2022, San Diego, CA — On Friday, August 5, a district court judge ruled in Al Otro Lado v. Mayorkas that the government’s turnback policy — its practice of systematically rejecting asylum...
Ashley Diamond Home at Last August 9, 2022 – Ashley Diamond, a Black transgender woman who has twice sued the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) for refusing to protect her from sexual assault...
In rare move after courts denied justice, BOP provides funds for six men who were abused, racially and religiously profiled July 5, New York – In a rare move, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has...
Stop-and-Frisk Attorneys Respond to Monitor’s Latest Report May 6, 2022, New York– In response to a report just filed by Mylan Denerstein, the court-appointed monitor in the landmark stop-and-frisk...
[Español abajo] April 27, 2022, Washington, D.C. – Four sanctuary leaders – Vicky Chávez, María Chavalán Sut, Edith Espinal, and Hilda Ramírez – along with Austin Sanctuary Network (ASN), Free...
70 Percent of People Serving These Sentences for Felony Murder are Black April 13, 2022, Pittsburgh, PA ‒ Today, a lawsuit brought by people serving Death-By-Incarceration sentences, commonly known...
Georgia prison officials refuse to protect Ashley Diamond despite repeated sexual assaults and sexual harassment February 23, 2022, Macon, GA– Ashley Diamond , a Black transgender woman held in a men...