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Prisoners' Rights:
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Prisoner Rights : General : Legal Documents

Expert Report on Use of Force in Unit 32 - Mr. Kenneth McGinnis (October 2007) (11/15/2007)

Expert Report on Unit 32 Classification - Dr. James Austin (November 2007) (11/15/2007)

Presley v. Epps - Supplemental Consent Decree on Mental Health Care, Use of Force and Classification (11/13/2007)

Commissioner Lantz of the Connecticut Deparment of Corrections Letter to the ACLU of CT (11/08/2006)
Commissioner Lantz of the Connecticut Deparment of Corrections Letter to the ACLU of CT

ACLU of Connecticut's letter to Governor M. Jodi Rell (10/30/2006)
ACLU of Connecticut's letter to Governor M. Jodi Rell

ACLU of Connecticut's letter to Commissioner Lantz of the CT Department of Corrections (10/30/2006)
ACLU of Connecticut's letter to Commissioner Lantz of the CT Department of Corrections

September 22, 2005 State FOIA requests (09/28/2005)

September 19, 2005 federal FOIA requests (09/28/2005)

Hamilton v. Morial, Civ. Action No. 69-2443 (09/28/2005)

ACLU Complaint in Presley v. Epps (06/22/2005)

Complaint in Moeller v. Bradford County (02/17/2005)

2004-2005 National Prison Project Litigation Docket (02/14/2005)
Summarizes developments in the National Prison Project's cases during 2004 and 2005.

ACLU Amicus Brief in Johnson v. California (09/08/2004)

Motion in Hamiliton, et al. v. Morial, et al. (06/08/2004)

Article: The Science of Pepper Spray (05/20/2004)

OPA v. Choinski: Agreement (05/12/2004)

Osterback v. Moore: Halleck report (05/03/2004)

Osterback v. Moore: Haney report (05/03/2004)

Osterback v. Moore: Defendants' motion to terminate revised offer of judgement (05/03/2004)

Jones' El v. Berge: Order and settlement agreement (05/03/2004)

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