Idaho Prison Officials Agree, More Humane Prison Conditions are Necessary

November 25, 2016 – ABC news reports: Idaho prison chief changes focus to model Norwegian prison practices after spending a week in Norway, courtesy of Prison Law Office.

The differences between “open prisons” in Norway and America’s traditional “closed” lockups couldn’t be starker.

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Prison Law Office, ACLU Move for Receiver in Arizona State Prison Case

February, 2025

The Prison Law Office, ACLU, and Disability Rights Arizona asked a federal judge today to appoint a receiver to take over the management of healthcare in Arizona prisons. The request was made in a long-running class action lawsuit originally filed in 2012 on behalf of the nearly 30,000 people incarcerated by the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry (ADCRR). The receiver, an independent authority appointed by the court, would assume control of ADCRR’s medical and mental health care systems and ensure that they meet constitutional standards.

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Court Experts Find People Are Dying Unnecessarily in Arizona State Prisons

January, 2025

(January 7, 2025) In a report filed today, court-appointed experts found “serious and pervasive systemic health care delivery failures” in Arizona state prisons that “place the residents at significant risk of serious harm, including death.” The experts told the judge: “And patients are dying. Unnecessarily.”

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