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Gay Grunfeld is a 2013 CLAY Award Winner

February 15, 2013
Posted in Awards, Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged Constitutional Rights, Disability Rights, Prisoner Rights, Public Safety

Galvan: State of California is “re-hashing stuff they already lost in the Supreme Court” in Latest Court Filings

February 11, 2013
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged Constitutional Rights, Prison Healthcare, Prisoner Rights, Public Law, Public Safety

Daily Journal Profiles RBGG in December 2012 Article

December 21, 2012
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged Constitutional Rights, Public Law, Public Safety, Voting Rights

Bien Provides Commentary to Businessweek on the Mismanagement of Salaries for Prison Psychiatrists in California

December 12, 2012
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged Constitutional Rights, Prison Healthcare, Prisoner Rights, Public Safety

Prisoner Rights Advocate Jane Kahn Receives Prestigious Fay Stender Award from California Women Lawyers

October 15, 2012
Posted in Awards, Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged Constitutional Rights, Prisoner Rights, Public Safety

California Watch Covers Latest Chapter in Armstrong Class Action: Disabled Inmates Suffer in Shift to County Jails

October 8, 2012
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged Constitutional Rights, Disability Rights, Prisoner Rights, Public Safety

Grunfeld Makes Ninth Circuit Argument re State’s Responsibility for Parolees with Disabilities in County Jails

September 7, 2012
Posted in Appellate Practice, Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged Constitutional Rights, Disability Rights, Prisoner Rights, Public Safety

Federal Judge Indicates State of California Has Responsibility to Parolees with Disabilities in County Jails

August 24, 2012
Posted in Class Actions, Constitutional & Civil Rights Law Tagged Constitutional Rights, Disability Rights, Prisoner Rights, Public Safety

Family of a Second Hawaii Prisoner Murdered in Mainland Prison Files Suit Against State of Hawaii and Corrections Corporation of America

May 23, 2012
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged Constitutional Rights, Prisoner Rights, Public Law, Public Safety

Federal Court Enters Preliminary Injunction Against Sacramento County in Publisher’s Jail Censorship Suit

March 8, 2012
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law, Feature on Homepage Tagged Constitutional Rights, Public Law, Public Safety

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