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MacArthur Justice Center’s Statement on President Biden’s Federal Death Penalty Commutations

We welcome the fulfillment of President Biden’s promise to commute the death sentences of 37 people on federal death row. The federal death penalty – just like state capital punishment systems – is racist, error-prone, drains public resources, and does not deter crime or make our communities safer. We encourage President Biden to finish the...

Lawsuit aims to fix the ‘horrific’ mental health crisis in Missouri jails

Sheriffs across Missouri are dealing with the same nagging problem. Their jails are increasingly full of people who have mental health needs.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Advocates sue Missouri’s Mental Health Department over delays in treating inmates

Three advocacy groups have sued the Missouri Department of Mental Health over long delays in its competency testing process for criminal defendants.

St. Louis NPR

Lawsuit alleges state left people deemed incompetent to stand trial in jail without treatment

The MacArthur Justice Center, ArchCity Defenders and the ACLU of Missouri filed a class action lawsuit against the Missouri Department of Mental Health on Monday, claiming the agency failed to provide legally required treatment for pretrial detainees living with serious mental illness and disabilities.

KOMU

‘Warehoused in jails’: State accused of denying mental health services to incarcerated Missourians

A federal lawsuit alleges a lack of reasonable action by the state has turned jails into ‘de facto mental health wards’

Missouri Independent

Advocates Sue Missouri Department of Mental Health for Failing to Treat Pretrial Detainees Living with Mental Illness and Disabilities

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, the MacArthur Justice Center, alongside ArchCity Defenders and the ACLU of Missouri filed a class action lawsuit against the Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH) for failing its legal duties to provide adequate treatment to people living with serious mental illness and disabilities during pretrial detainment after having been deemed...

Statement on the Order to Release MJC Clients Mr. Moreno Gonzalez and Mr. Agustin Zamacona

Today, in response to a habeas petition filed alongside the ACLU of Illinois, Judge Sara Ellis has ordered that our clients Pablo Moreno Gonzalez and Felipe Agustin Zamacona must be released from ICE custody immediately. In response, Alexa Van Brunt, director of the MacArthur Justice Center’s Illinois office issued the following statement: “Today, we...

Lawsuit Alleges ‘Horrific And Inhumane’ Conditions At Broadview ICE Facility

The federal lawsuit says detained people are being denied water, food, medical care and hygiene: “They treated us like animals, or worse than animals, because no one treats their pets like that.”

Block Club Chicago

Inhumane conditions and medical neglect alleged at Broadview ICE detention center

The lawsuit is the first class-action effort to bring accountability and relief to detainees, who allegedly are housed there in overcrowded rooms with little contact with the outside world. It is filed on behalf of Pablo Moreno Gonzalez and Felipe Agustin Zamacona, who are both currently detained at Broadview.

Chicago Tribune

Detainees at Broadview ICE Facility Denied Access to Legal Counsel, New Lawsuit Alleges

Detainees at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in suburban Broadview have been blocked from speaking with legal counsel and subjected to “inhumane” conditions during their incarceration, a new lawsuit alleges.

WTTW

Advocates allege ‘inhumane’ conditions at Chicago-area ICE facility in new lawsuit

Illinois advocates sued federal authorities Friday over alleged “inhumane” conditions at a Chicago-area federal immigration facility. Attorneys with the ACLU of Illinois and the MacArthur Justice Center say U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have denied people being held at the Broadview facility private calls with attorneys and have blocked members of Congress, faith leaders and journalists from entering the...

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