Disability rights advocates have warned that a Supreme Court case involving death row inmates could have serious consequences ...

LINCOLN — A Nebraska group that advocates for the disabled has joined the call for reforms in the use of solitary confinement in state prisons and for better mental health care behind bars. Disability ...

A federal judge has ruled that a Louisiana prison violated the constitutional rights of inmates held in extended lockdown by "exposing them to mental torture" and depriving them of adequate mental ...

Legal scholar Upendra Baxi has often said that the term social action litigation (SAL) is more appropriate for what is ...

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