Wednesday, September 2, 2015


New Yale Survey Estimates Nearly 100,000 in Solitary Confinement in the U.S.

Arthur Liman Professor of Law YLS professor Judith Resnik was interviewed and discussed the report on solitary confinement released by the Arthur Liman Public Interest Program and the Association of State Correctional Administrators.

Wednesday, September 2, 2015


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. 

Wednesday, September 2, 2015


Prison Directors Group Calls for Limiting Solitary Confinement

Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik is quoted, and the Arthur Liman Public Interest Program is mentioned in an article about a report released by the Association of State Correctional Administrators and Liman Program that calls for limiting solitary confinement.

Tuesday, September 1, 2015


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.

Monday, August 3, 2015


With one decision, Obama and Lynch could reshape the criminal justice system—A Commentary by Robert Ferguson, Judith Resnik, and Margo Schlanger ’93

Robert Ferguson is a law professor at Columbia University, Judith Resnik is the Arthur Liman Professor of Law at Yale Law School, and Margo Schlanger ’93 is a professor at the University of Michigan Law School.

Monday, March 30, 2015


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. 

Tuesday, March 3, 2015


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.

Tuesday, December 9, 2014


Liman Program Submits Testimony to Senate Committee on Women in Detention

The Arthur Liman Public Interest Program at Yale Law School submitted testimony to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights on December 9, 2014. The statement submitted was titled “Women in Detention: The Need for a National Agenda.”

Monday, June 30, 2014


Former Female Federal Inmates Push For Sentencing Reforms

A Liman Fellow from Yale Law School was among a team of people awarded a Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) award earlier this month at the Association of American Law Schools Clinical Conference in Puerto Rico.

Tuesday, March 25, 2014


Liman Colloquium: Punishment, Circa 2014: The State of Corrections

The seventeenth annual Liman Public Interest Colloquium, Isolation and Reintegration: Punishment Circa 2014, will be held at Yale Law School on April 3, 2014. 

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