News & CommentarySubscribe to our newsletter and never miss an update. Subscribe Press Release, End Plantation Prisons, Civil Rights Impact Litigation Isabel Naquin 10/1/24 Press Release, End Plantation Prisons, Civil Rights Impact Litigation Isabel Naquin 10/1/24 Press Release: In Class Action Filing, Incarcerated Men Report Racism on Angola Prison’s “Farm Line” Read More Civil Rights Impact Litigation, News, End Plantation Prisons Isabel Naquin 7/5/24 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, News, End Plantation Prisons Isabel Naquin 7/5/24 As temperatures soar, judge tells Louisiana to help protect prisoners working in fields Read More Isabel Naquin 6/30/23 Isabel Naquin 6/30/23 PJI Calls for Action to Protect Incarcerated People from Extreme Heat Read More Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions, Civil Rights Impact Litigation Guest User 5/22/20 Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions, Civil Rights Impact Litigation Guest User 5/22/20 PJI on the Mississippi Department of Corrections Hiring of Burl Cain Read More Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 6/17/19 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 6/17/19 PJI’s Extreme Heat Case Settles Read More Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 8/15/16 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 8/15/16 NY Times Investigates Extreme Heat and 8th Amendment Violations Read More Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 6/17/16 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 6/17/16 UPDATE – Evidentiary Hearing in Heat Case Read More Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 6/14/16 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 6/14/16 Heat on Death Row — The Associated Press Does the Math Read More Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 5/20/16 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 5/20/16 Angola’s Heat Remediation Plan Fails to Keep Heat Index Below 88 Degrees Read More Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 5/20/16 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 5/20/16 Excessive Heat on Death Row- UPDATE Read More Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 8/12/15 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 8/12/15 Ball v. Leblanc Read More Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 7/9/15 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 7/9/15 Conditions on Louisiana’s Death Row Violate the U.S. Constitution’s Ban on Cruel and Unusual Punishment Read More Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 3/2/15 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 3/2/15 Fifth Circuit Hears Oral Argument in PJI’s Heat Lawsuit Read More Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 11/26/14 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 11/26/14 The Department of Justice files Amicus Supporting Heat Lawsuit Read More Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 11/11/14 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 11/11/14 NPR: Do Heat-Sensitive Inmates Have A Right To Air Conditioning? Read More Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 12/20/13 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 12/20/13 Court Rules In Louisiana Death Row Conditions Case: Extreme Heat On Death Row Found To Violate Eighth Amendment To U.S. Constitution Read More Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 6/10/13 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 6/10/13 Lawsuit Filed Against Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections Over Civil Rights and Constitutional Abuses; Summer Heat in Louisiana Creates Unsafe and Unlivable Conditions Read More
Press Release, End Plantation Prisons, Civil Rights Impact Litigation Isabel Naquin 10/1/24 Press Release, End Plantation Prisons, Civil Rights Impact Litigation Isabel Naquin 10/1/24 Press Release: In Class Action Filing, Incarcerated Men Report Racism on Angola Prison’s “Farm Line” Read More
Civil Rights Impact Litigation, News, End Plantation Prisons Isabel Naquin 7/5/24 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, News, End Plantation Prisons Isabel Naquin 7/5/24 As temperatures soar, judge tells Louisiana to help protect prisoners working in fields Read More
Isabel Naquin 6/30/23 Isabel Naquin 6/30/23 PJI Calls for Action to Protect Incarcerated People from Extreme Heat Read More
Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions, Civil Rights Impact Litigation Guest User 5/22/20 Organizing and Advocacy, Prison Conditions, Civil Rights Impact Litigation Guest User 5/22/20 PJI on the Mississippi Department of Corrections Hiring of Burl Cain Read More
Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 6/17/19 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 6/17/19 PJI’s Extreme Heat Case Settles Read More
Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 8/15/16 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 8/15/16 NY Times Investigates Extreme Heat and 8th Amendment Violations Read More
Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 6/17/16 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 6/17/16 UPDATE – Evidentiary Hearing in Heat Case Read More
Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 6/14/16 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 6/14/16 Heat on Death Row — The Associated Press Does the Math Read More
Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 5/20/16 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 5/20/16 Angola’s Heat Remediation Plan Fails to Keep Heat Index Below 88 Degrees Read More
Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 5/20/16 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 5/20/16 Excessive Heat on Death Row- UPDATE Read More
Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 8/12/15 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 8/12/15 Ball v. Leblanc Read More
Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 7/9/15 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 7/9/15 Conditions on Louisiana’s Death Row Violate the U.S. Constitution’s Ban on Cruel and Unusual Punishment Read More
Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 3/2/15 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 3/2/15 Fifth Circuit Hears Oral Argument in PJI’s Heat Lawsuit Read More
Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 11/26/14 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 11/26/14 The Department of Justice files Amicus Supporting Heat Lawsuit Read More
Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 11/11/14 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 11/11/14 NPR: Do Heat-Sensitive Inmates Have A Right To Air Conditioning? Read More
Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 12/20/13 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 12/20/13 Court Rules In Louisiana Death Row Conditions Case: Extreme Heat On Death Row Found To Violate Eighth Amendment To U.S. Constitution Read More
Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 6/10/13 Civil Rights Impact Litigation, Prison Conditions Guest User 6/10/13 Lawsuit Filed Against Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections Over Civil Rights and Constitutional Abuses; Summer Heat in Louisiana Creates Unsafe and Unlivable Conditions Read More
