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Federal Appeals Court Condemns Shackling Of Pregnant Prisoners In Labor (10/02/2009)
NEW YORK – Ruling in the case of an Arkansas woman who was shackled to her hospital bed while in labor in 2003, a federal appeals court today said that constitutional protections against shackling pregnant women during labor had been clearly established by decisions of the Supreme Court and the lower courts. This is the first time a circuit court has made such a determination. The full Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals made the ruling today in the case of ACLU client Shawanna Nelson.

ACLU Wins Judicial Order Requiring Proper Administration Of Medicine At Wisconsin Women's Prison (04/24/2009)
MILWAUKEE – A federal judge today ordered correctional officials in Wisconsin to take immediate steps toward fixing the error-prone system of ordering and administering medication to prisoners at the Taycheedah Correctional Institution, the state's largest women's prison.

Women at Wisconsin’s Taycheedah Prison Suffer Medical Neglect and Receive Worse Mental Health Care Than Men (05/02/2006)
MILWAUKEE -- In the first class action lawsuit on behalf of women prisoners in Wisconsin, the American Civil Liberties Union is charging that the state prison system puts the lives of women prisoners at risk through grossly deficient health care and provides far inferior mental health treatment as compared to men.

ACLU of New Mexico Files Lawsuit Over Jail Guard's Sexual Abuse of Female Prisoners (01/25/2006)
ALBUQUERQUE, NM - The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico today filed claims of sexual abuse and 'cruel and unusual punishment' against a McKinley County detention officer, Brian Orr, on behalf of two female inmates from Wyoming.

ACLU Asks Court to Grant Class Action Status in Saginaw County Jail For Abuse of Detainees (05/02/2005)
DETROIT -- Although the Saginaw County sheriff claims that a policy of stripping and holding pre-trial detainees naked in a segregated cell has ended, there is now evidence that this long-standing practice may still exist, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan said in legal papers filed late Friday requesting class action status for its lawsuit over the matter.

Executive Summary of The Forgotten Population: A Look at Death Row in the United States Through the Experiences of Women (11/29/2004)
Since 1973, 148 women have been sentenced to death in the United States. As of December 2004, there are 50 women on Death Row. These women vary in age from 22 to 73 years old and have been on Death Row for periods ranging from a few months to nearly 20 years. While much attention has been paid to women who have already been executed, such as Aileen Wournos and Karla Faye Tucker, little is known about the experiences of women who are living on Death Row.

Doe v. Arpaio - Stipulation of Partial Settlement and Proposed Scheduling Order (06/19/2009)
On August 6, 2008, Plaintiffs filed a Motion for contempt and/or For a Modification of the Injunction. The parties have reached a partial settlement on the motion as described below, and request a scheduling order to present legal arguments on the remaining issue that the parties were unable to resolve, namely that Defendants require inmates to prepay transportation and security cost as a condition of accessing abortion care.

Norris v. Nelson - Petition for Rehearing En Banc (07/31/2008)

ACLU Brief in Robin Darbyshire v. Extraditions International, Inc. (04/11/2002)