The billion-dollar prison phone call industry exploits one of our country’s most vulnerable populations by drastically overcharging inmates, with a fifteen-minute phone call costing as high as $24.82…
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In 2018, Equal Justice Under Law filed a lawsuit against a private corporation, Leaders in Community Alternatives (LCA), Inc., for routinely extorting impoverished individuals on probation…
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In the midst of an unprecedented global pandemic, Equal Justice Under Law continues its mission to fight for the most vulnerable members of society. On Friday, Equal Justice Under Law filed a motion for the release of Michael under the First Step Act…
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A preliminary injunction was filed today to expedite the review of a lawsuit that aims to relieve hundreds of people currently detained unjustly pending immigration proceedings.
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The world is in the midst of a pandemic and every aspect of our society is being affected. Equal Justice Under Law is no exception. This crisis is taking its toll on the clients we represent in our cases, and with widespread court closures, many lawsuits are at a temporary halt.
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This month, Equal Justice Under Law co-signed a letter with twenty-five other organizations and sent it to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. The letter expresses deep concern about the threats that extensive electronic monitoring pose to individuals’ civil liberties, health, and dignity.
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We have reached a settlement in an important case in Michigan. In 2018, Equal Justice Under Law sued the state for suspending driver’s licenses of individuals unable to pay their court debt. Tens of thousands of individuals in Michigan had their driver’s license suspended due to unpaid court debt…
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Tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians are currently under non-driving related license suspension, despite Pennsylvania’s General Assembly passing legislation last year to end this practice.
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Equal Justice Under Law has filed a class action lawsuit against Louisiana’s Attorney General and state and local court officials to help 300,000 Louisianans prevented from rebuilding their lives due to inability to pay expungement fees.
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Despite the passage of Act 95 by Pennsylvania’s General Assembly, which ended the policy of non-driving related license suspensions, tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians remain under license suspension. Act 95 lacks retroactive enforcement, leaving many individuals with past suspensions that will run until as late as 2026.
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Act 95 was passed by Pennsylvania’s General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Tom Wolf earlier this year; however, Act 95 was not enforced retroactively, leaving tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians on license suspension for years to come.
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Equal Justice Under Law joins the ACLU of Ohio and dozens of sister organizations in urging the Supreme Court of Ohio to adopt critical bail reform.
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Equal Justice Under Law is seeking relief in its federal lawsuit, Wright v. Family Support Division, filed in Missouri federal court in March of this year. The suit aims to end Missouri’s practice of suspending driver’s licenses of parents who are unable to pay child support.
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In 2015, the city of Newark, Arkansas passed a discriminatory law designed to banish people from its community simply because they are poor. Specifically, Newark’s law required that any person living in a mobile home worth less than $25,000 (for a single-wide) or $35,000 (for a double-wide) be denied entrance into the city, and that any person in violation of the law be fined up to $500 per day for this “offense.”
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Individuals arrested in San Francisco will no longer be assigned a price tag on their freedom. Federal judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers issued an injunction that will finally put an end to San Francisco’s discriminatory and arbitrary bail system.
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