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Prisoners' Rights:
The ACLU's National Prison Project is the only national litigation program on behalf of prisoners. Since 1972, the NPP has represented more than 100,000 men, women and children. The NPP continues to fight unconstitutional conditions and the "lock 'em up" mentality that prevails in the legislatures. Learn more about our project and take action to protect the rights guaranteed to all Americans.

Prisoner Rights : General : Resources

2008 – 2009 National Prison Project Litigation Docket (7/27/2009) (01/06/2009)
Summarizes developments in the National Prison Project's cases during 2008 and 2009.

2007 - 2008 National Prison Project Litigation Docket (08/29/2008)
Summarizes developments in the National Prison Project's cases during 2007 and 2008.

2006 – 2007 Updated National Prison Project Litigation Docket (10/18/2007)

2006 – 2007 National Prison Project Litigation Docket (05/21/2007)
Summarizes developments in the National Prison Project's cases during 2006 and 2007.

Custody and Control: A Former Inmate's Account of Abuse in Juvenile Justice (09/29/2006)
"Custody and Control" reports that "delinquent" young girls from backgrounds of intergenerational poverty. Juanita Crawford, 19, spent a year and a half at Lansing Correctional Facility.

Surprising Shift: New ACLU Poll Finds Public Dissatisfied with Lock-Em-Up Approach (02/25/2002)
WASHINGTON - A new poll commissioned by the American Civil Liberties Union released today reveals a strong dissatisfaction with the current state of the criminal justice system in America and a growing public confidence in rehabilitation and alternative punishments for non-violent offenders.

About the ACLU National Prison Project (01/31/2001)

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