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ACLU Letter to Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General Requesting Investigation into Violations at Reeves County Detention Center (02/05/2009)

ACLU Letter to Congress Regarding Federal Death Row Conditions (10/15/2008)

ACLU of South Carolina Letter to Gov. Mark Sanford Requesting an Independent Audit of the South Carolina Prison System (08/26/2008)

Broken Promises: Two Years After Katrina - Table of Contents (08/20/2007)

Broken Promises: Two Years After Katrina - Executive Summary (08/20/2007)
Broken Promises brings Abandoned & Abused into the present. Another year has passed, and OPP remains dangerously ill prepared to handle a future emergency. OPP's House of Detention and Central Lock-Up are both overcrowded and understaffed.

Abandoned & Abused: Table of Contents (08/09/2006)

Abandoned & Abused: Executive Summary and Recommendations (08/09/2006)

Orleans Parish Prison: A Big Jail with Big Problems (01/11/2006)
Orleans Parish Prison Backgrounder

Summaries of 400 Testimonials From Inmates Incarcerated at Orleans Parish Prison During Hurricane Katrina (01/11/2006)
This document contains summaries of 400 testimonials obtained since mid-October 2005 from inmates who were incarcerated at Orleans Parish Prison during Hurricane Katrina. The ACLU National Prison Project has received more than 1,000 testimonials to date.