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RBGG Joins Public Defender in Filing Suit to End Overcrowding and Fix Broken Health Care System in Monterey County Jail

May 25, 2013
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged California prison overcrowding, Constitutional Rights, Prison Healthcare, Prisoner Rights, Public Safety

RBGG and Monterey County Public Defender Call for Improved Conditions in County Jail

April 17, 2013
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage, Uncategorized Tagged Constitutional Rights, Prison Healthcare, Prison Mental Health Care, Prisoner Rights, Public Safety

Three Judge Court Denies State’s Motion to Vacate Prison Population Order – State is Ordered to Immediately Take Steps to Reduce Prison Population to 137.5% of Design Capacity by End of 2013

April 11, 2013
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged California prison overcrowding, Constitutional Rights, Prisoner Rights, Public Safety, Three Judge Court

Federal Court Rules That State Prison Officials Are Still Tolerating Dangerous and Unconstitutional Conditions for Mentally Ill Prisoners—Denies State Motion to Terminate Civil Rights Case

April 5, 2013
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged Constitutional Rights, Prison Healthcare, Prison Mental Health Care, Prisoner Rights, Public Safety

Coleman Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Cite Continuing Constitutional Violations and Ethical Lapses by State Attorneys – Argue for Rejection of State’s Motion to Terminate Case

March 28, 2013
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged Constitutional Rights, Prison Mental Health Care, Prisoner Rights, Public Safety

RBGG’s Jane Kahn Speaks About the High Rate of Suicides in State Prisons

March 26, 2013
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law Tagged Constitutional Rights, Prison Mental Health Care, Public Safety

DJ: Plaintiffs in Prison Suit Slam State Experts

March 19, 2013
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law Tagged Constitutional Rights, Prison Mental Health Care, Prisoner Rights, Public Safety

Mental Health Care in California Prisons Still in Crisis – Overcrowding, Dangerous and Inhumane Conditions and Severe Staffing Shortages Persist Two Years after Supreme Court Ruling

March 18, 2013
Posted in Class Actions, Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged Constitutional Rights, Prison Healthcare, Prisoner Rights, Public Safety

Coleman Plaintiffs Respond to State: “Sad truth is that conditions have not changed”

March 15, 2013
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged Constitutional Rights, Prison Healthcare, Prisoner Rights, Public Safety

Opening of Badly-Needed Prison Mental Health Center in Vacaville Doesn’t Solve Statewide Problem

February 19, 2013
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged Constitutional Rights, Prison Healthcare, Prisoner Rights, Public Safety

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