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May 29, 2020 Report

The Case for Reparations in Tulsa, Oklahoma

A Human Rights Argument

Reverend Robert Turner of the historic Mount Vernon African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church, damaged in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
May 27, 2020 News Release

Covid-19 Prisoner Releases Too Few, Too Slow

Known releases approximately 5% of global prison population

Inmates sitting in an overcrowded jail in Manila, Philippines, February 2019.
May 21, 2020 Commentary

COVID-19 Running Rampant in Ohio Prisons

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May 4, 2020 Interview

‘The Country is Bleeding’: Covid-19 in the US

Leaders Should Plan to Better Protect Everyone During Future

Covid mural in Seattle, Washington
May 1, 2020 Letter

Human Rights Watch Amicus Letter in Support of a Petition for Writ of Mandate

California Should Halt Transfers to ICE Custody During the Covid-19 Pandemic

An ICE detainee rests his hands on the window of his cell in the segregation wing at the Adelanto immigration detention center, which is run by the Geo Group Inc, in Adelanto, California, on April 13, 2017.
May 1, 2020 News Release

US: Immigrants’ Lives, Liberty at Stake in California Case

Human Rights Watch Supports Petition Before State’s Supreme Court

An ICE detainee rests his hands on the window of his cell in the segregation wing at the Adelanto immigration detention center, which is run by the Geo Group Inc, in Adelanto, California, on April 13, 2017.
April 29, 2020 News Release

US: Avoid Covid-19 Catastrophe in Jails, Prisons

Follow Proposed Standards for Social Distancing, Cleaning, Care

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April 29, 2020 Q & A

Averting an Imminent Catastrophe: Recommendations to US Local, State and Federal Officials to Covid-19 in Jails and Prisons

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April 27, 2020 News Release

US: Florida Needs to Protect Voting Rights for All

Full, Fair, and Free Electoral Process at Stake in Federal Trial

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April 17, 2020 Commentary

California’s Bail-Rule Changes Could Save Lives in Coronavirus Crisis

Women walk along a corridor at the Los Angeles County women's jail.
April 8, 2020 Dispatches

Court Orders Asthmatic Rapper Released from Federal Prison

Bureau of Prisons Should Expand Compassionate Release During Pandemic

Daniel Hernandez, also known as the New York-based musician 6ix9ine performs at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, October 28, 2018.
April 8, 2020 Dispatches

Poor Conditions at Pennsylvania Jail Heighten COVID-19 Concerns

Authorities Should Move Swiftly on Releases

The George W. Hill Correctional Facility (GHCF) in Delaware County, Pennsylvania
April 8, 2020 Commentary

Joseph Lowery’s Example of Compassion

Let’s Honor his Life’s Work by Taking Action to Save Those in our Jails and Prisons

April 3, 2020 Dispatches

COVID-19 Shouldn’t Be a Death Sentence for People in US Prisons

Attorney General Should Speed Up Compassionate and Other Releases

Attorney General William Barr speaks during a tour of a federal prison in Edgefield, South Carolina
March 20, 2020 Letter

Human Rights Watch Memorandum of Support for Preservation of the New York Pretrial Reform Law

The front gate is pictured at the Taconic Correctional Facility in Bedford Hills, New York April 8, 2016.

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