A Louisiana court has certified a class action lawsuit from the ÈËÊÞÐÔ½» that challenges the constitutionality and funding structure of the state’s overburdened public defender system.
A Louisiana court has certified a class action lawsuit from the ÈËÊÞÐÔ½» that challenges the constitutionality and funding structure of the state’s overburdened public defender system.
As a young boy in Honduras, Jose was no stranger to violence and murder.
A federal court today ordered the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement to produce records about Operation Border Resolve, the January 2016 immigration raids in Georgia, North Carolina and Texas, during which 121 women and children were detained.
It’s far too early for our elected officials or anyone else who cares about the future of our state to break out the champagne and celebrate Louisiana’s progress in reducing its enormous incarceration rate.
The ÈËÊÞÐÔ½» asked a judge today to immediately increase attorneys’ access to their clients at LaSalle Detention Center in Jena, Louisiana. Â
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is violating the Constitution by blocking immigrants held in extremely isolated civil immigration prisons from accessing lawyers, according to a federal lawsuit filed today by the ÈËÊÞÐÔ½».
Mississippi’s lifetime voting ban strips citizens of their right to vote for many offenses, such as writing a bad check or stealing wood.
With the return to mandatory minimum sentencing, Jeff Sessions took us backwards to the tactics of America’s failed War on Drugs.Â
The ÈËÊÞÐÔ½» and the Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center (CREEC) urged Etowah County in Alabama to provide outdoor recreation access at a detention center where some immigrants spend months, or even years, without going outside.
The ÈËÊÞÐÔ½» filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency after the death this week of Yulio Castro-Garrido, a 33-year-old Cuban immigrant who was detained at Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Ga.
All donations to the ÈËÊÞÐÔ½» are matched dollar for dollar through Dec. 31.