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Liman Fellows Announced; Colloquium Scheduled
The Arthur Liman Public Interest Program announced the appointment of seven new fellows for the 2016-2017 academic year.
President Obama Cites ASCA/Liman Report on Solitary Confinement
President Barack Obama cited a groundbreaking report published by Yale Law School’s Arthur Liman Public Interest Program Tuesday in a Washington Post oped announcing the end of solitary confinement for juveniles.
Prison Officials Push to Cut Isolated Housing of Inmates
A report issued Wednesday by the Association of State Correctional Administrators in conjunction with Yale Law School's Arthur Liman Public Interest Program also said that prison officials regard prolonged isolation of prisoners as a "grave problem," and are moving quickly to rein in the practice, according to the New York Law Journal. Read more in the New York Law Journal.
97 Percent of DC's Prisoners in One Type of Solitary Confinement Are Black
At least 66,000 inmates in state and federal prisons were held in some form of solitary confinement last year, according to a report released Wednesday by corrections officials and researchers from Yale Law School, according to the Huffington Post. Corrections officials say prolonged isolation is a "grave" problem and they seek to limit or end it Read the article.
New Yale Survey Estimates Nearly 100,000 in Solitary Confinement in the U.S.
Judith Resnik, the Arthur Liman Professor of Law, was interviewed on WNPR about a new Liman Report on solitary confinement. "Isolation isn't good for anyone -- not the communities from which people come, not the prison management inside, and surely and painfully not for the individual subjected to it." The survey starts with a statement from the Association of State Correctional Administrators, or ASCA. In the statement, ASCA calls the isolation of prisoners a "grave problem" in the United States, and pledges to change solitary confinement policy in their prisons. Read the full article.
Prison Officials Join Movement to Curb Solitary Confinement
Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik is quoted, and the Arthur Liman Public Interest Program is mentioned in a New York Times article about a report released by the Association of State Correctional Administrators and Liman Program that calls for limiting solitary confinement. In a sign of how far the nation has moved from supporting solitary confinement for inmates, the leading organization for the nation’s prison and jail administrators on Wednesday called for sharply limiting or even ending its use for extended periods. Read the article.
Large Number of Inmates in Solitary Poses Problem for Justice System, Study Says
Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik is quoted, and the Arthur Liman Public Interest Program is mentioned in a Wall Street Journal article about a report released by the Association of State Correctional Administrators and Liman Program that calls for limiting solitary confinement. State and federal prisons are holding as many as 100,000 inmates in solitary confinement or isolated housing, a figure that poses a "grave problem" for the criminal justice system, a study released Wednesday said. Read the article (subscription required).
Liman Program Releases New Report
The Arthur Liman Public Interest Program at Yale Law School and the Association of State Correctional Administrators (ASCA) has released a new report outlining data on both the numbers and the conditions in restrictive housing nationwide.
Detention on a Global Scale: Punishment and Beyond on April 9 & 10
The growing use of detention in the United States and around the world is the focus of the conference cohosted by the Arthur Liman Public Interest Program and the Robert L. Bernstein International Human Rights Fellowship Program.
Liman Program Submits a Statement to Task Force on Women in Detention
On March 2, 2015, the Arthur Liman Public Interest Program at Yale Law School submitted a statement to the Charles Colson Task Force on Federal Corrections.