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Congress Asked to Investigate Health Crisis in Prisons by Coalition of Civil Rights Organizations, Medical Practitioners, and Corrections Officials (01/27/2003)
WASHINGTON-Releasing sick prisoners into the community without proper treatment or opportunities to continue treatment presents a major threat to public health and demonstrates why Congress must investigate the medical care crisis in the country's correctional systems, a coalition including the American Civil Liberties Union said today.

ACLU Lawsuit Bolsters Federal Study Findings on Inmate Medical Treatment, Highlights Public Health Risk in Sub-Standard Care (01/27/2003)
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union today pointed to a Michigan class action lawsuit as proof positive of the need for improved prisoner health care in America, a need highlighted by a new federal study released this morning in San Antonio.

Prison Officials' Failure to Contain Hepatitis C Brings Epidemic Outside Prison Walls, MI ACLU Charges (01/21/2003)
DETROIT - In a class-action lawsuit that may impact thousands, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan today charged state prison officials with allowing an infectious disease to reach epidemic proportions by failing to adequately test and treat inmates with the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV). The class action lawsuit was filed today in federal district court.

Federal Court Rules WY Prison Officials Have Duty to Protect Inmates in their Custody (11/27/2002)
CHEYENNE, WY-Setting an important new standard for prisoner safety, a federal court today ruled that state prison officials have a duty to protect prisoners from violence at the hands of other prisoners, the American Civil Liberties Unions announced.

Ignored by Officials, TX Prisoner Secretly Collected DNA Evidence on Guard Who Raped Him, ACLU Lawsuit Reveals (10/08/2002)
WASHINGTON--The American Civil Liberties Union today filed its second lawsuit in recent months over prisoner rape in Texas, charging that a guard who repeatedly raped a 22-year-old man was not punished until after the prisoner provided DNA evidence of the assaults.

ACLU and Cook County Agree on Plan to Improve Chronic Conditions at IL Juvenile Detention Center (10/02/2002)
CHICAGO--Young persons detained at the nation's largest juvenile detention center should see marked improvement in the conditions of their confinement as a result of a court-enforceable agreement, the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois announced today.

CA Court Says Prisoners Have First Amendment Right To Receive "Snail Mail" Printed From the Internet (09/11/2002)
SAN FRANCISCO--In a case that affects prisoners throughout the state, a federal judge today upheld the First Amendment right of a California prisoner to receive mail that contains material printed from the Internet.

Citing Expert Reports on Inhumane Prison Conditions, ACLU Asks Court to Speed Review of MS Prison Case (09/06/2002)
JACKSON, MS--The American Civil Liberties Union today asked a federal court to speed review of a lawsuit over prison conditions at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, citing reports by court-appointed experts detailing inhumane conditions that have directly contributed to psychiatric problems in the prison population.