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Rights Behind Bars

@RightsBehind

Rights Behind Bars legally advocates for people in prisons, jails, and immigration detention centers to live in humane conditions.

 Washington, DC
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Joined February 2019
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Rights Behind Bars is hiring! See the attached posting for an attorney with serious litigation experience and chops to work on our trial and appellate dockets. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions. static1.squarespace.com/stat…
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Thank you to Short Circuit for having our ED Sam Weiss on to talk about RBB's successes in representing incarcerated people, including in Taylor v. Riojas and Montanez v. Price.
Short Circuit (@ShortCircuit_IJ) profile pictureShort Circuit@ShortCircuit_IJJan 2
Our Latest Podcast: Obviously Unconstitutional With @ecruikshank of @GeorgetownICAP and Sam Weiss of @RightsBehind! ij.org/podcasts/short-circui…
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CCWP@c_c_w_p7 Dec 2024
BREAKING! 🚨 Proposed settlement agreement in our class action lawsuit against the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) & Dublin officials who perpetrated & allowed rampant staff sexual abuse, retaliation, & medical neglect in the now closed FCI Dublin women's prison: bit.ly/dpsc-settlement
Photo of Emily Shapiro speaking on a microphone - member of CCWP and DPSC with this quote: The California Coalition for Women Prisoners brought this lawsuit with courageous survivors to expose the BOP’s unacceptable conduct and culture of sexual abuse and to win concrete changes. This proposed Consent Decree is a historic victory, but our work is just beginning. We will fight to ensure the agreement is fully implemented, and we will remain in daily communication with FCI Dublin survivors and continue to demand their freedom, bold policy changes across the prison system, and ultimately, community-based alternatives to prisons and the gender violence they perpetuate.

ALT Photo of Emily Shapiro speaking on a microphone - member of CCWP and DPSC with this quote: The California Coalition for Women Prisoners brought this lawsuit with courageous survivors to expose the BOP’s unacceptable conduct and culture of sexual abuse and to win concrete changes. This proposed Consent Decree is a historic victory, but our work is just beginning. We will fight to ensure the agreement is fully implemented, and we will remain in daily communication with FCI Dublin survivors and continue to demand their freedom, bold policy changes across the prison system, and ultimately, community-based alternatives to prisons and the gender violence they perpetuate.

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CCWP@c_c_w_p6 Dec 2024
“We all just feel so passionately that if Biden can pardon his son, he can definitely grant clemency to survivors of this heinous abuse by federal government employees,” said Drysdale. “To not do that is an absolute disgrace and embarrassment.” theguardian.com/us-news/2024…
US shuts down prisons amid scrutiny over sexual abuse and crisis of suicides

US shuts down prisons amid scrutiny over sexual abuse and crisis of suicides

Bureau of Prisons closes California facility and suspends operations at six others as rights activists call for clemency

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Rights Behind Bars is hiring! Join our team as a supervising attorney: rightsbehindbars.org/join-ou…
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Yesterday, plaintiffs in VOTE v. LeBlanc filed a motion seeking to certify a class consisting of thousands of incarcerated men at Angola Prison who are subject to forced labor on the prison’s “Farm Line.” promiseofjustice.org/news/pr… @FIPVOTENOLA @RightsBehind #EndPlantationPrisons
Press Release: In Class Action Filing, Incarcerated Men Report Racism on Angola Prison’s “Farm...

Press Release: In Class Action Filing, Incarcerated Men Report Racism on Angola Prison’s “Farm...

Today, plaintiffs in VOTE v. LeBlanc filed a motion seeking to certify a class consisting of thousands of incarcerated men at Louisiana State Penitentiary (“Angola”) who are subject to forced labor...

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"It is forced labor. It is slavery. There’s no real choice.” @brycecovert @BW @FIPVOTENOLA @rightsbehind @WorthRises @Abolitionnation buff.ly/3WObdr8
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⚖️ PJI @RightsBehind, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, @FIPVOTENOLA and 8 men who are incarcerated at Angola have asked for an emergency order to stop the Farm Line from operating whenever the heat index reaches or exceeds 88°. @legal_reader buff.ly/3X20VUD
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@justicespromise, @rightsbehind, @PaulWeissLLP, @FIPVOTENOLA and eight men who are incarcerated at Angola have asked a federal judge to stop prison officials from operating the so-called Farm Line whenever the heat index reaches or exceeds 88 degrees. promiseofjustice.org/news/in…
Incarcerated men seek emergency order to stop the Farm Line at Angola — The Promise of Justice...

Incarcerated men seek emergency order to stop the Farm Line at Angola — The Promise of Justice...

Today, Voice of the Experienced (VOTE) and eight men who are incarcerated at the Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola) asked a federal judge to grant a preliminary injunction and temporary restrain...

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Lisa Fernandez@ljfernandez25 Apr 2024
5 U.S. senators are demanding that BOP director provide them with information on how the agency prepared to close FCI Dublin, including written plans to its employees on the “safe and humane release from custody.” bit.ly/3WiVu3p
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Since the Federal Bureau of Prisons announced the closure of FCI Dublin, the BOP has rushed mass transfers, including numerous survivors of prison staff sexual abuse and medically vulnerable people, with little accountability or transparency. ktvu.com/news/fci-dublin-pri…
FCI Dublin prison closure: Women describe horrific journey across U.S.

FCI Dublin prison closure: Women describe horrific journey across U.S.

Dozens of women have shared horrific-sounding bus rides to prisons across the country as the Bureau of Prisons abruptly shut down FCI Dublin last week.

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CCWP@c_c_w_p17 Apr 2024
Our statement on the FCI-Dublin closure. We demand our people be released from BOP custody AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! We will not let BOP evade accountability & disappear the people detained at Dublin & the support systems they've courageously built. 🔗 bit.ly/dpsc-closure
Purple and white gradient square tile with bold block letters: DUBLIN PRISON SOLIDARITY COALITION STATEMENT ON DUBLIN CLOSURE.

ALT Purple and white gradient square tile with bold block letters: DUBLIN PRISON SOLIDARITY COALITION STATEMENT ON DUBLIN CLOSURE.

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Amy Malinowski@AmyEAtty3 Apr 2024
Deja vu. 3 yrs ago @MacArthrJustice @ArchCityDefense @SLUHCRC @RightsBehind sued the City for nearly the same inhumane conduct. I guess they need to be sued again.
Sarah Fenske (@sarahfenske) profile pictureSarah Fenske@sarahfenske2 Apr 2024
Horrifying: A paralyzed man in the St. Louis City Justice Center was left for days in his own feces, unable to get back into his wheelchair. Despite those conditions, Judge Catherine Dierker ordered that he remain in jail with no bond riverfronttimes.com/news/par…
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Michael Barajas@michaelsbarajas27 Feb 2024
Some incredibly disturbing allegations against TX’s largest jail system in a lawsuit filed yesterday by a young woman who entered lockup pregnant in 2022 and says she miscarried after neglect and assault behind bars houstonpublicmedia.org/artic…
A woman had a miscarriage after detention officers allegedly assaulted her in the Harris County...

A woman had a miscarriage after detention officers allegedly assaulted her in the Harris County...

According the lawsuit, Mikayla Savage suffered a miscarriage after experiencing at least six separate physical and sexual assaults inside the Harris County Jail.

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CCWP@c_c_w_p22 Feb 2024
BAY AREA: All out this Tuesday! Join us for court support in our class action lawsuit against FCI-Dublin's systemic staff sexual abuse. Wear purple if you can.
Pink and purple square image with header: COURT SUPPORT FOR DUBLIN HEARING. Tuesday, February 27, 9:30am @ Oakland Federal Courthouse, 1301 Clay Street. Judge Gonzalez Rogers will be reviewing testimony & other evidence to consider immediate injunctive relief. Please come and show your support for the many survivors of Dublin prison abuse & their demands! Wear purple!

ALT Pink and purple square image with header: COURT SUPPORT FOR DUBLIN HEARING. Tuesday, February 27, 9:30am @ Oakland Federal Courthouse, 1301 Clay Street. Judge Gonzalez Rogers will be reviewing testimony & other evidence to consider immediate injunctive relief. Please come and show your support for the many survivors of Dublin prison abuse & their demands! Wear purple!

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. @RightsBehind is helping Mr. Brown rightly sue the prison system for imposing these draconian fines without allowing him to appeal. We filed an amicus brief in support. Learn more: prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/0…

Amicus Brief: In prison, a $15 fine means so much more

Last week, the Prison Policy Initiative filed an Amicus Curae brief in a suit filed by Rights Behind Bars, who are representing Demmerick Brown, a ...

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TODAY: RBB filed emergency litigation on behalf of Rashid Johnson, who has been on hunger strike for 41 days in protest of Virginia's use of solitary confinement.
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At every turn, VADOC officials have tried to stop him from speaking out. They have subjected him to life-threatening cruelty, including depriving him of water.
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We need incarcerated activists like Rashid Johnson, and we must protect their right to speak out about abuses behind bars. Read more: bit.ly/486UBNy
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