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Joint letter from local defender organizations to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo regarding plans to reduce state prison populations, offering guidance and assistance in this effort.
Coalition letter to the National Sheriffs’ Association executive committee regarding the need to protect those incarcerated in the nation's local jails from further spread of the COVID-19 virus via decarceration and mitigation measures.
Coalition letter to the United States Conference of Mayors regarding the need to protect those incarcerated in the nation's local jails from further spread of the COVID-19 virus via decarceration and mitigation measures.
Coalition letter to the National Governors Association executive committee regarding the need to protect those incarcerated in the nation's prisons and jails from further spread of the COVID-19 virus via decarceration and mitigation measures.
Letter to Attorney General Eric Holder regarding responses to and actions concerning prison rape.
Authorization to Release Medical Records Information.
A special article from the New England Journal of Medicine that compares mortality rates from inmates released from Washington State prisons, showing a high risk of death following the first two weeks after release.
Amicus Curiae brief of the Rhode Island ACLU; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; National Legal Aid & Defender Association; Office of the Federal Defender for the Districts of Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Office of the Federal Defender of the District of Maine; Rhode Island Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; and Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico in support of the petitions for certiorari.
