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Transgender and Imprisoned

Transgender and Imprisoned

by | Nov 12, 2015 | Blog

By Judah Largent, CLDC Law Clerk Prison holds a particular set of horrors for the transgender community. Until recently, American prisons housed transgender inmates by genitalia[1], and gender-confirming treatments of any kind were unavailable to the vast majority of...
FCC Caps Prison Phone Rates

FCC Caps Prison Phone Rates

by | Oct 26, 2015 | Articles

Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued sweeping reforms to jail phone-call rates. In many states, prior to the reforms, the cost of a 15-minute in-state call could cost upwards of $5. In extreme cases, as a group of US Senators pointed out in a...

First Amendment victory in Pennsylvania

by | May 6, 2015 | Blog

By Rebecca K. Smith, CLDC Board Secretary & Cooperating Attorney Last week, a federal court in Pennsylvania struck down a state law aimed at restricting the free speech rights of prisoners. In Mumia Abu Jamal v. Kane, the court addressed a new state law in...

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