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A judge approved a consent order on a partial settlement agreement in a class action civil rights lawsuit on behalf of people currently incarcerated in Philadelphia. The lawsuit seeks the immediate implementation of health and safety protocols to protect people from COVID-19 in the city’s prisons.
Today, an attorney for the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania and Lorraine Haw argued before the Commonwealth Court that a ballot question on rights in criminal proceedings posed to voters last year is unconstitutional and that the court should declare it void.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania released a statement in response to Philadelphia Mayor James Kenney after he announced his intention to rescind his proposed increase to the Philadelphia Police Department’s budget for the 2021 fiscal year.
A federal judge approved an order today to resolve a preliminary injunction motion filed on behalf of three people incarcerated at the Allegheny County Jail seeking changes to the jail’s practices to protect people in the jail from COVID-19.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and the Farmworker Legal Aid Clinic at Villanova University filed a federal lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today, seeking documents that indicate how the agency’s officers engage in civil immigration enforcement.
Today, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania heard arguments in a lawsuit challenging Lebanon County’s policy prohibiting the use of medical marijuana by people who are under community supervision, such as probation, and who are registered patients with the state Department of Health.