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Let Ruthelle vote

Ruthelle Frank was able to vote in Tuesday's primary elections in Wisconsin. But it took multiple lawsuits and 10 months to make it happen. And she still may not be able to vote in November.

April 5, 2012

Duncan Roy: Director Trapped in Men's Central Jail

LA WEEKLY: Director Duncan Roy casts a courtly image of a baronial figure as he sits in his home atop Las Flores Canyon, a modernist, Bohemian hideaway with a jaw-dropping view of the Pacific.

April 5, 2012

Solitary confinement: torture in your backyard

Seeing and hearing prisoners who have experienced prolonged solitary confinement is not easy. The emotional and physical damage done to prisoners held in solitary does not present a pretty picture.

April 4, 2012

Jails Project

Works to reform jails conditions in Southern California.

March 26, 2012

K.L. v. City of Glendale

Fourth Amendment and racial profiling lawsuit against Glendale school officials and Police Department.

March 26, 2012

Vasquez v. Rackauckas

Due process challenge to the enforcement of a gang injunction in Orange County.

March 26, 2012