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Prisoners’ Attorneys Ask Federal Three-Judge Court to Enforce Prison Overcrowding Reforms
October, 2014
Prisoners’ attorneys have filed a Motion and Reply asking the federal three-judge court overseeing California’s prison overcrowding case to enforce an order requiring the State to take certain population-reduction actions “immediately.” These actions include increasing good conduct credits for minimum-security prisoners and some “second strike” prisoners and implementing new procedures for earlier parole of some non-dangerous prisoners.
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Expert Reports Describe Unconstitutional Conditions in Arizona Prisons
September, 2014
The Prison Law Office and co-counsel attorneys for prisoners in a class action lawsuit have issued a Press Release and filed a series of Expert Reports describing the Arizona prison system’s widespread use of inhumane segregation units and failure to provide basic medical, mental health and dental care.
Read the news stories about the reports: Think Progress, Arizona Republic, Tuscon Weekly, Arizona Public Media, Arizona Daily Star, CBS 5, Phoenix New Times.
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Media Exposes Abuse in Arizona Prisons
August, 2014
Channel 12 News has broadcast two detailed reports on the appalling lack of medical and mental health care in the Arizona Prisons. View the May 22, 2014 Investigative Report and the August 1, 2014 Investigative Report.
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Centers for Disease Control Recommends Testing Prisoners for Valley Fever
July, 2014
The Centers for Disease Control has conducted a study and issued a Report on reducing Valley Fever infections among California prisoners.
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33,000 Arizona Prisoners Now Can Sue State Over Health Care, Solitary Confinement
June, 2014
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit unanimously ruled that a federal lawsuit, Parsons v. Ryan, can proceed against the state of Arizona on behalf of all 33,000 prisoners in the state’s 10 prisons and all future prisoners.