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Civil Rights Clinic Wins Historic Louisiana Case Ending Solitary Confinement Of Individuals Awaiting Death Sentences, Betsy Ginsberg, Cardozo Civil Rights Clinic
Civil Rights Clinic Wins Historic Louisiana Case Ending Solitary Confinement Of Individuals Awaiting Death Sentences, Betsy Ginsberg, Cardozo Civil Rights Clinic
Cardozo News 2023
This article appeared in the 2023 edition of Cardozo Life magazine.
Should an incarcerated person who has been sentenced to death be required to live out the rest of his or her life in solitary confinement? Not according to the Cardozo Civil Rights Clinic, which recently won a historic settlement changing policy in Louisiana prisons.
A $53m Settlement That Will Improve Conditions In Ny Prisons And Jails, Alexander A. Reinert
A $53m Settlement That Will Improve Conditions In Ny Prisons And Jails, Alexander A. Reinert
Cardozo News 2023
This article appeared in the 2023 edition of Cardozo Life magazine.
Professor Alexander Reinert has seen his work bring about major changes in prison and jail conditions in New York City and New York State many times. In April 2023, he was co-counsel with lawyers of Cuti Hecker Wang LLP in a historic settlement in Miller v. City of New York, which involved detainees held in restrictive isolation at two jails on Rikers Island and one unit at what was then the Manhattan Detention Complex.