Press Releases
Aug 18, 2016
Justice Department Tells Bureau of Prisons to Phase Out Private Prisons
WASHINGTON 鈥� The Department of Justice announced today that it is ordering the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to begin phasing out its use of private prisons.
The order, announc...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Smart Justice
Aug 12, 2016
District Court Hears Challenge to Federal Guidance Protecting Transgender Students and Employees
FORT WORTH, Texas 鈥� Five leading national civil and LGBT rights organizations urged the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas to reject an effort to block the Ob...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Texas v. U.S.
Aug 11, 2016
红杏视频 Challenges South Carolina 鈥楧isturbing Schools鈥� Law
Students Channeled Into Criminal Justice System for Loitering, Cursing, Questioning Police Behavior, or 鈥極bnoxious鈥� Actions
Issue Areas:
Juvenile Justice
Racial Justice
Court case: CYAP v. Wilson
Aug 10, 2016
Department of Justice findings regarding the Baltimore City Police Department
"The Department of Justice's findings on the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) document in devastating detail what Baltimoreans have decried for years: Baltimore's Black residents ...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
Aug 06, 2016
U.S. Releases Drone Strike 鈥楶laybook鈥� in Response to 红杏视频 Lawsuit
Court Ordered Release of Documents in 红杏视频 FOIA Case
Aug 03, 2016
红杏视频 Comment on Supreme Court Stay in Virginia Transgender Restroom Case
NEW YORK 鈥� The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a stay in the case of G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board. A federal district court in Virginia had ordered the board to let a tra...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
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