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Federal Government Added To Suit Challenging S.L. County's Policy of Indefinite Detention
Posted 3/26/12 - Today, the ACLU of Utah and cooperating attorney B. Kent Morgan of The Dyer Law Group filed an amended complaint in federal district court in the case of Uroza v. Salt Lake County, et al.. The amended complaint alleges that officials and agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”), an agency of the Department of Homeland Security, share responsibility for causing the unconstitutional and prolonged imprisonment of Enrique Uroza. The amended complaint also adds the United States as a defendant, alleging that its agents caused Mr. Uroza to be unlawfully imprisoned.
Read the press release >>
Bill To Force Feed Inmates Would Violate Constitutional and International Rights
Posted 3/19/12 - The ACLU of Utah sent a letter to Governor Herbert today urging him to veto Second Substitute HB 194, "Involuntary Feeding and Hydration of Inmates." The hunger strike has been a long recognized form of political protest. The bill, which would allow courts to authorize force-feeding of inmates, would violate an inmate's constitutional right to refrain from eating and drinking. It also violates various international treaties and conventions.
Read the HB 194 veto letter to Gov. Herbert (PDF) >>
Press Releases
Federal Government Added To Suit Challenging S.L. County's Policy of Indefinite Detention (3/26/12)
ACLU OF Utah Sues Salt Lake County Over Unlawful Detention of College Student (8/5/11)
ACLU of Utah files suit challenging Cache
County Jail’s policy of confiscating inmate books (2/15/05)
Salt
Lake County Jail must finalize its strip search policy before court
will consider ending a twenty-two year old consent decree (12/20/04)
Class
Action Lawsuit Against Prison Challenges Charges for DNA Collection (6/28/02)
Litigation
Uroza v. Salt Lake County (2011)
Regan v. County of Salt Lake (2006)
Kinter v. Cache County (2005)
Perry
v. State of Utah (2004)
Nuttall v. Salt Lake County (2004)
Nathan Clark v. Iron County (2004)
Laughter
v. Kay (1998)
NLS v. Jones (1997)
Bennett v. Utah County
(1997)
Legal Advocacy and Policy Work
The ACLU of Utah advocates on behalf of pregnant inmate subjected to remote control taser device. (3/21/08)
ACLU of Utah asks the prison to implement a policy regarding the use of restraints on inmates who are in labor or who are actively dying (8/10/06)
The
ACLU of Utah Sends the Department of Corrections a Statement of Concerns
on the Privatization of Prisons (7/15/99)
From Our Legislative Reports
2012 Legislative Report - Criminal Justice
2011 Legislative Report - Criminal Justice
2010 Legislative Report - Criminal Justice
2009 Legislative Report
2008 Legislative Report
2007 Legislative Report - Criminal Justice
2006 Legislative Report
2005 Legislative Report
2004 Legislative Report
2003 Legislative Report
2002 Legislative Report
2001 Legislative Report
2000 Legislative Report
1999 Legislative Report
1998 Legislative Report
Articles and Resources
The ACLU of Utah and Complaints
Regarding Medical, Dental, and Mental Health Care at Utah’s Prisons (November 2005)
The ACLU of Utah and Complaints
Regarding Conditions at Utah’s Prisons (November 2005)
The ACLU of Utah and Complaints
Regarding Discrimination at Utah’s Prisons (November 2005)
The ACLU of Utah and
Complaints Regarding Inmate Access to Law Libraries and the Courts (November 2005)
The ACLU of Utah and
Complaints Regarding Inmate Mail and Access to Publications in Utah’s
Prisons (November 2005)
The ACLU of Utah and Complaints
Regarding Religious Freedom at Utah’s Prisons (November 2005)
The ACLU of Utah and Complaints Regarding
Excessive Force and Inmate Assault at Utah’s Prisons (November 2005)
The ACLU of Utah and Complaints
against the Utah State Prison and the Central Utah Correctional Facility (November 2005)
Fade Back to the Sixteenth Century: Restraints at the Utah State Prison (Summer 1997)
Events
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