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Mellon Foundation, Justice Collaboratory Announce Million Book Project
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Yale Law School’s Justice Collaboratory announced a new initiative to distribute a curated 500-book collection to 1,000 medium and maximum security prisons, across every state in the United States over the next three and a half years.
Yale to Launch Center Focused on Health and Mass Incarceration
The SEICHE Center for Health and Justice, a collaboration between the Yale School of Medicine and Yale Law School, will work to identify the legal, policy, and practice levers that can improve the health of individuals and communities impacted by mass incarceration.
The New Yorker
Punishment by Pandemic
Liman Center Presses for Health and Safety in Prisons During Pandemic
Experts affiliated with the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law are aiding lawyers seeking to protect the health and safety of prisoners and staff by preventing the spread of COVID-19 in prisons.
Clinic Class Action Filed Against Federal Bureau of Prisons
The Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization at Yale Law School and others have filed a class action lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Prisons.