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Testimony of Elizabeth Alexander, Director of the ACLU National Prison Project (11/08/2007)
Testimony of: Elizabeth Alexander, Director of the ACLU National Prison Project The Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security “Review of the Prison Litigation Reform Act: A Decade of Reform or and Increase in Prison Abuses?” November 8, 2007

Testimony by Margo Schlanger on PLRA (11/08/2007)
Testimony of: Margo Schlanger, Washington University Law School Professor The Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security “Review of the Prison Litigation Reform Act: A Decade of Reform or and Increase in Prison Abuses?” November 8, 2007

Testimony by Pat Nolan about PLRA (11/08/2007)
Testimony of: Pat Nolan, Vice President of Prison Fellowship The Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security “Review of the Prison Litigation Reform Act: A Decade of Reform or and Increase in Prison Abuses?” November 8, 2007

Testimony by David Keene about the PLRA (11/08/2007)
Testimony of David Keene, Chair of the American Conservative Union For the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security November 8, 2007

Testimony of Garrett Cunningham, former prisoner and rape victim (11/08/2007)
Testimony of Garrett Cunningham about the Prison Litigation Reform Act before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security November 8, 2007

Testimony of Tom Jawetz for the House Immigration Subcommittee Hearing Detention and Removal: Immigration Detainee Medical Care (10/04/2007)

Testimony of Edwidge Danticat for the House Immigration Subcommittee Hearing Detention and Removal: Immigration Detainee Medical Care (10/04/2007)

Testimony of Dr. Allen Keller for the House Immigration Subcommittee Hearing Detention and Removal: Immigration Detainee Medical Care (10/04/2007)

Testimony of June Everett for the House Immigration Subcommittee Hearing Detention and Removal: Immigration Detainee Medical Care (10/04/2007)

Testimony of Francisco Castaneda for the House Immigration Subcommittee Hearing Detention and Removal: Immigration Detainee Medical Care (10/04/2007)

ACLU Letter Opposing H.R. 1943, The Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2007 (09/24/2007)

ACLU National Prison Project Letter to Rep. Cynthia McKinney (08/10/2006)
National Prison Project letter asking Congress to audit the Orlean Parish Prison's emergency preparedness plans. The ACLU is calling for a full and immediate investigation into abuses at Louisiana correctional facilities during and after hurricane Katrina and is also urging the DOJ to make the findings from such an investigation public and accessible to state and federal prosecutors.

National Prison Project Letter to Rep. Melvin Watt, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (08/10/2006)
National Prison Project letter asking Congress to audit the Orlean Parish Prison's emergency preparedness plans. The ACLU is calling for a full and immediate investigation into abuses at Louisiana correctional facilities during and after hurricane Katrina and is also urging the DOJ to make the findings from such an investigation public and accessible to state and federal prosecutors.

National Prison Project Letter to the Department of Justice (08/09/2006)
National Prison Project letter asking Congress to audit the Orlean Parish Prison's emergency preparedness plans. The ACLU is calling for a full and immediate investigation into abuses at Louisiana correctional facilities during and after hurricane Katrina and is also urging the DOJ to make the findings from such an investigation public and accessible to state and federal prosecutors.

Abandoned & Abused: Letter to President Bush (08/09/2006)

National Prison Project Letter to Rep. Tom Davis (Chairman of Select Bipartisan Committee) (08/09/2006)