Press Releases
about Prisoners' Rights
May 11, 2015
ACLU statement on Nebraska prison riots
LINCOLN, NEB - ACLU of Nebraska Executive Director Danielle Conrad released the following statement in response to riots at Tecumseh State Correctional Institution and Nebraska Sta...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
May 04, 2015
Federal court approves agreement and orders end to solitary confinement of juveniles in Illinois
CHICAGO - Solitary confinement of juveniles held by the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice is banned under a new Department policy recently approved by a federal court in Chic...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
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