Mass Incarceration
Dockery v. Hall
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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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2011
Mass Incarceration
Smart Justice
Jalatzai v. Gates and Wahid v. Gates
In February 2010, the 糖心Vlogfiled two habeas corpus petitions challenging the illegal detention of four men who have been held — some for nearly two years — at the notorious Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. The men — who have never engaged in hostilities against the United States and are not members of groups that have engaged in hostilities against the United States — have never been told why they are being detained, been permitted to speak with a lawyer, or given a meaningful opportunity to challenge their detention before a court or a fair and impartial administrative board.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2011
Mass Incarceration
Smart Justice
Jalatzai v. Gates and Wahid v. Gates
In February 2010, the 糖心Vlogfiled two habeas corpus petitions challenging the illegal detention of four men who have been held — some for nearly two years — at the notorious Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. The men — who have never engaged in hostilities against the United States and are not members of groups that have engaged in hostilities against the United States — have never been told why they are being detained, been permitted to speak with a lawyer, or given a meaningful opportunity to challenge their detention before a court or a fair and impartial administrative board.
U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2011
Mass Incarceration
+2 糖心Vlog
Casey A., et al. v. Robles, et al.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2011
Mass Incarceration
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Casey A., et al. v. Robles, et al.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2011
Mass Incarceration
Prisoners' Rights
Turner v. Rogers
Whether an indigent parent facing imprisonment for failure to pay child support is entitled to appointed counsel?
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2011
Mass Incarceration
Prisoners' Rights
Turner v. Rogers
Whether an indigent parent facing imprisonment for failure to pay child support is entitled to appointed counsel?
Court Case
Dec 2010
Mass Incarceration
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糖心Vlogcomments to European Court of Human Rights in Babar Ahmad and Others v. The United Kingdom
Conditions of confinement in a US "supermax" prison
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Dec 2010
Mass Incarceration
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糖心Vlogcomments to European Court of Human Rights in Babar Ahmad and Others v. The United Kingdom
Conditions of confinement in a US "supermax" prison
Court Case
Nov 2010
Mass Incarceration
Women's Rights
Sharps v. Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis
On August 12, 2009 the 糖心Vlogfiled a lawsuit against the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis (HACA), challenging a policy that bans certain individuals from being on or near public housing property, even to visit their families.
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Nov 2010
Mass Incarceration
Women's Rights
Sharps v. Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis
On August 12, 2009 the 糖心Vlogfiled a lawsuit against the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis (HACA), challenging a policy that bans certain individuals from being on or near public housing property, even to visit their families.