Add to ORKGThe United States Supreme Court made one of its most controversial decisions in recent memory in May 2011. Brown v. Plata involved a class action by inmates in California who alleged that their Eighth Amendment rights had been violated because overcrowding in the State’s prisons prevented access to adequate physical and mental health care. After California failed to comply with previous orders to remedy those conditions, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California ordered the State to reduce its prison population by forty-six thousand inmates. Forced to either affirm the release order and jeopardize public safety or reverse the order and allow continued violation of prisoners’ Eighth Amendment rights, the Supreme Court ch...
This Comment argues that, based on the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA)’s purpose and legislative...
(CDCR) swelling over the past few decades, California faces a challenge. The U.S. Supreme Court rule...
A national movement to change bail and pretrial detention is underway.[1] In California, bail reform...
The United States Supreme Court made one of its most controversial decisions in recent memory in May...
The United States Supreme Court made one of its most controversial decisions in recent memory in May...
In its May 2011 Brown v. Plata decision, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a remedial order that require...
Excessive incarceration is a national problem. Across the country, prisons face dangerous levels of ...
Excessive incarceration is a national problem. Across the country, prisons face dangerous levels of ...
The year 2011 marked an important milestone in American institutional reform litigation. That year, ...
After more than twenty years of litigation, the United States Supreme Court finally determined wheth...
In its May 2011 Brown v. Plata decision, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a remedial order that require...
The case of Brown, Governor of California et at v. Plata et al (hereinafter Plata) is one of the mos...
The case of Brown, Governor of California et at v. Plata et al (hereinafter Plata) is one of the mos...
The case of Brown, Governor of California et at v. Plata et al (hereinafter Plata) is one of the mos...
During the past two decades, federal courts have become involved in the supervision of state and loc...
This Comment argues that, based on the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA)’s purpose and legislative...
(CDCR) swelling over the past few decades, California faces a challenge. The U.S. Supreme Court rule...
A national movement to change bail and pretrial detention is underway.[1] In California, bail reform...
The United States Supreme Court made one of its most controversial decisions in recent memory in May...
The United States Supreme Court made one of its most controversial decisions in recent memory in May...
In its May 2011 Brown v. Plata decision, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a remedial order that require...
Excessive incarceration is a national problem. Across the country, prisons face dangerous levels of ...
Excessive incarceration is a national problem. Across the country, prisons face dangerous levels of ...
The year 2011 marked an important milestone in American institutional reform litigation. That year, ...
After more than twenty years of litigation, the United States Supreme Court finally determined wheth...
In its May 2011 Brown v. Plata decision, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a remedial order that require...
The case of Brown, Governor of California et at v. Plata et al (hereinafter Plata) is one of the mos...
The case of Brown, Governor of California et at v. Plata et al (hereinafter Plata) is one of the mos...
The case of Brown, Governor of California et at v. Plata et al (hereinafter Plata) is one of the mos...
During the past two decades, federal courts have become involved in the supervision of state and loc...
This Comment argues that, based on the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA)’s purpose and legislative...
(CDCR) swelling over the past few decades, California faces a challenge. The U.S. Supreme Court rule...
A national movement to change bail and pretrial detention is underway.[1] In California, bail reform...