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Document Type:
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Charts, Tables, and Graphs |
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Date:
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2012-May |
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Summary:
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The following chart compares the sentencing schemes for representative HIV exposure, non-disclosure, and/or transmission laws in the United States with laws punishing ...
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Document Type:
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Letters and Other Advocacy Documents |
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Date:
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2011-April-4 |
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Summary:
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On April 4, 2011, the Center for HIV Law and Policy submitted these comments on the Department of Justice's (DOJ) proposed standards for the prevention, detection, and ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2010-December-8 |
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Summary:
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This is the first legal report and guide on the rights of youth in detention and foster care facilities to comprehensive sexual health care, including sexual medical ...
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Document Type:
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Training Materials, Slides, Pamphlets |
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Date:
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2006-December-21 |
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Summary:
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This slide presentation for the Nov 29-30, 2006 Summit on Opportunities for Improving HIV Diagnosis, Prevention, & Access to Care in the U.S. addresses areas of ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2007-June-07 |
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Summary:
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The Center for HIV Law and Policys (CHLP) legal and policy outline for advocating for sexual health and HIV prevention programming for youth in state custody. Youth in the ...
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Document Type:
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Guides (Legal or Medical) |
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Date:
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2006-February-16 |
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Summary:
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Prepared by the U.S. Department of Justice in September 2005, and updated in February 2006, this guide provides a basic overview of federal laws that offer ...
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Document Type:
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Compilations of Laws and Cases |
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Date:
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2002 |
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Summary:
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This circuit-by-circuit compilation provides citations and holdings for federal cases concerning access to and quality of medical treatment in prisons. The compilation ...
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Document Type:
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Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law) |
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Date:
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2010-June-07 |
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Summary:
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In this decision, a federal district court judge (the trial judge) denied the Federal Bureau of Prison's (FBOP) motion to dismiss the complaint of a transgender prisoner, ...
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Document Type:
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Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law) |
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Date:
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2011 |
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Summary:
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit upheld the district court's order to Massachusetts officials at the state's Treatment Center for Sexually Dangerous ...
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Document Type:
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Pleadings and Briefs |
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Date:
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2003-June-25 |
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Summary:
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This is an amended class action complaint, filed in New Jersey, seeking monetary and injunctive relief for all state prisoners with hepatitis C who were denied diagnostic ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2007-December |
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Summary:
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This report describes the failure of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to provide basic health care ...
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Document Type:
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Letters and Other Advocacy Documents |
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Date:
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2008-May-29 |
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Summary:
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In response to a CDC request for comments, 35 organizations endorsed these comments submitted to CDC regarding its draft guidance for implementing HIV testing expansion in ...
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Document Type:
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Letters and Other Advocacy Documents |
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Date:
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2005-July-10 |
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Summary:
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Responding to the May 2005 draft report of the New York City Commission on HIV/AIDS, the Center for HIV Law and Policy drafted comments on behalf of SMART, Inc ...
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Document Type:
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Letters and Other Advocacy Documents |
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Date:
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2010-May-10 |
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Summary:
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On May 10, 2010, the Center for HIV Law and Policy submitted these comments on the Department of Justice's (DOJ) proposed standards for the prevention, detection, and ...
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Document Type:
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Letters and Other Advocacy Documents |
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Date:
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2008-October |
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Summary:
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Since the beginning of the epidemic, people with HIV and their advocates have been calling on the President of the United States to take ...
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Document Type:
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Research and Journal Articles |
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Date:
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2000 |
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Summary:
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This policy brief publishes the findings of studies undertaken by the federal HIV/AIDS Bureau to understand the factors that affect access to care and ability to remain in ...
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Document Type:
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Research and Journal Articles |
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Date:
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2004 |
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Summary:
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This article discusses the development of the law surrounding whether a prisoner has a right under the Eight Amendment to HIV testing. Currently, twenty states require ...
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Document Type:
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Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law) |
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Date:
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2000-September-11 |
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Summary:
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In this opinion, the Third Circuit holds that prison inmates have a constitutionally protected right to privacy regarding the confidentiality of their medical conditions, ...
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Document Type:
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Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law) |
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Date:
|
1994 |
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Summary:
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This opinion—which should be read with the cautions set forth below—concerns inmates' right to receive HIV testing and their right to confidentiality with ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2007 |
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Summary:
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This paper, jointly authored by the WHO, UNAIDS, and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, discusses the reality of life in correctional settings and asserts that distribution ...
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Document Type:
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Guides (Legal or Medical) |
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Date:
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2010-November-17 |
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Summary:
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The Center for HIV Law and Policy has released the first comprehensive analysis of HIV-specific criminal laws and prosecutions in the United States. The publication, ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2012 |
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Summary:
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This report provides a comprehensive overview of the issue of HIV in the United States correctional system from a human rights and social justice perspective. Covered ...
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Document Type:
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Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law) |
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Date:
|
2012 |
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Summary:
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A United States District Court judge held that the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) HIV segregation policy, which categorically segregates HIV-positive prisoners ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2009 |
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Summary:
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This report examines the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth in juvenile courts nationwide. Despite the fact that LGBT youth comprise a ...
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Document Type:
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Research and Journal Articles |
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Date:
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2010 |
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Summary:
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This article presents information about the HIV-positive prison population in the United States, and suggests solutions to increase diagnosis, prevent intra-prison ...
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Document Type:
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Letters and Other Advocacy Documents |
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Date:
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2009-January |
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Summary:
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These documents set forth recommendations for the incoming Obama administration to address the domestic HIV epidemic. They were drafted by CHLP and other national, state ...
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Document Type:
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Research and Journal Articles |
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Date:
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2011 |
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Summary:
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This article examines the link between incarceration and STI and HIV risk by looking at sexual networks in Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY. In the study population, any length of ...
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Document Type:
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International Commitments and United Nations Documents |
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Date:
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1976-March-23 |
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Summary:
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The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (the “ICCPR”) represents one-third of what is informally referred to as the “International Bill ...
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Document Type:
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International Commitments and United Nations Documents |
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Date:
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2006 |
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Summary:
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A revised and consolidated version of the original guidelines published in 1996, the purpose of the Guidelines is “to assist States in creating a positive, ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2001 |
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Summary:
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This report chronicles the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) youth in the New York juvenile justice system. It discusses the ...
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Document Type:
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Model and Sample Legislation |
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Date:
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2007-January |
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Summary:
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Sponsored by Representative Barbara Lee of California, the JUSTICE Act is an example of legislation that seeks to prevent the spread of HIV and other STIs in correctional ...
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Document Type:
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Guides (Legal or Medical) |
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Date:
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2007-November |
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Summary:
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This legal guide to the 1996 Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) outlines the obstacles the Act can pose to prisoners seeking to file federal lawsuits, and strategies to ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2008-August |
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Summary:
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This timely report sets forth the severity of the HIV/AIDS epidemic among African Americans and the failure of the United States government to respond to this crisis. The ...
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Document Type:
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Letters and Other Advocacy Documents |
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Date:
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2012-March |
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Summary:
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The 30 for 30 Campaign, of which the Center for HIV Law and Policy is a member organization, drafted this letter to President Obama to declare that human rights be ...
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Document Type:
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Letters and Other Advocacy Documents |
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Date:
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2011-June-8 |
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Summary:
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This letter, drafted by Lambda Legal on behalf of a wide-ranging coalition including CHLP, provides support to civil rights complaints filed by the National Immigrant ...
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Document Type:
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Letters and Other Advocacy Documents |
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Date:
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2011-November |
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Summary:
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Leading HIV organizations in the U.S. sent a letter to President Obama today about the speech he will deliver on World AIDS Day, December 1st. The 2011 World AIDS Day ...
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Document Type:
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Research and Journal Articles |
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Date:
|
2001-June-01 |
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Summary:
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In this article, a long-time expert on HIV in corrections and a vice-president at government and business consulting firm Abt Associates elaborates on what he considers ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2013 |
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Summary:
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This report provides a review of the literature on the overlapping epidemics of mass incarceration and HIV/AIDS concentrated among poor communities of color, and the role ...
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Document Type:
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Letters and Other Advocacy Documents |
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Date:
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2012-April |
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Summary:
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This Model Policy, designed for use by agencies and jurisdictions that provide services for youth in state custody, outlines the basic minimum requirements for sexual ...
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Document Type:
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Letters and Other Advocacy Documents |
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Date:
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2012-April |
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Summary:
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This Model Policy, designed for use by agencies and jurisdictions that provide services for youth in state custody, outlines the basic minimum requirements of a sexual ...
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Document Type:
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Letters and Other Advocacy Documents |
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Date:
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2012-April |
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Summary:
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This Model Policy, designed for use by agencies and jurisdictions that provide services for youth in state custody, outlines the basic requirements for ensuring staff ...
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Document Type:
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Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law) |
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Date:
|
2002 |
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Summary:
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In this opinion, the Third Circuit recognizes that a prison’s failure to provide treatment to an HIV-positive inmate can violate the inmate’s Eighth Amendment ...
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Document Type:
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Executive Orders, Reports, and Directives |
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Date:
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2010-July-13 |
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Summary:
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On July 13, 2010, the Obama administration released the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) for the United States. The NHAS is the culmination of work and advocacy by people ...
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Document Type:
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Executive Orders, Reports, and Directives |
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Date:
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2010-July-13 |
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Summary:
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The National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) Implementation Plan sets short term Federal benchmarks as well as longer-term mandates for multiple federal agencies responsible for ...
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Document Type:
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Executive Orders, Reports, and Directives |
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Date:
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2010-July-13 |
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Summary:
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The President's Memorandum on the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) summarizes the responsibilities of individual Federal agencies in outlining a strategy to meet the ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2009-June |
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Summary:
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The National Prison Rape Elimination Commission (NPREC) Report details the results of six years of investigation of sexual abuse in detention facilities for adults, youth, ...
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Document Type:
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Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law) |
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Date:
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1998-June-15 |
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Summary:
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In Yeskey, the Supreme Court unanimously held that Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits a “public entity” from discriminating ...
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Document Type:
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Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law) |
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Date:
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1999-April-2 |
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Summary:
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In this opinion, the Second Circuit recognizes that a correction officer's disclosure of an inmate's HIV status and transgender status may violate the inmate's ...
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Document Type:
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Directories |
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Date:
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2009-September |
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Summary:
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This list, updated in September 2009, provides the names and contact information of organizations that advocate for prisoners' rights. It also provides the names and ...
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Document Type:
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Directories |
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Date:
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2008 |
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Summary:
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This directory, last updated in 2007, provides a guide to organizations in each state that work on prisoners' rights issues.
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Document Type:
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Compilations of Laws and Cases |
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Date:
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2007-March-26 |
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Summary:
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This compilation provides synopses for five federal court decisions concerning prisons' failure to provide adequate care specific to the needs of transgender prisoners. ...
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Document Type:
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Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law) |
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Date:
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2010 |
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Summary:
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This is an order by the United States District Court – Eastern District of Wisconsin granting in part and denying in part two defendants' motion for summary ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2010-April-14 |
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Summary:
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The American Civil Liberties Union National Prison Project (ACLU-NPP) and Human Rights Watch have published a report on the continued segregation of HIV positive prisoners ...
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Document Type:
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Research and Journal Articles |
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Date:
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2007-January-11 |
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Summary:
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This New England Journal of Medicine article examines many of the facts, perceptions, and proposed solutions to the HIV epidemic--and the behaviors and policies that drive ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2011 |
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Summary:
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The purpose of this descriptive study was to identify and document promising practices for the prevention and response to sexual assault in juvenile residential facilities ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2010-January-7 |
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Summary:
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The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) report on sexual abuse of youth in juvenile corrections facilities confirms that sexually abuse occurs ...
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Document Type:
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Fact Sheet |
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Date:
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2013-March |
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Summary:
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Every year people with HIV are the subject of felony criminal charges ranging from aggravated assault to intentional HIV transmission following police encounters in which ...
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Document Type:
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Statutes, Regulations, and Agency Guidelines |
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Date:
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2001-May-23 |
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Summary:
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This SSA manual excerpt discusses the appropriate methods of providing SSI underpayments to prisoners, alternative methods for paying underpayments while the prisoner is ...
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Document Type:
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Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law) |
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Date:
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2005-July-28 |
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Summary:
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An HIV-positive inmate sued prison officials for the negligent disclosure of his HIV status. Finding that the disclosure violated New York Public Health Law § 2782, ...
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Document Type:
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Testimony Before Legislative and Administrative Bodies |
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Date:
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2006-June |
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Summary:
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In his testimony before the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission, Dr. Robert Bidwell discusses the shortcomings of youth detention centers in protecting LGBT teens ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2012-June |
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Summary:
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This report asserts that drug law enforcement practices prevent drug users from taking advantage of public health services and effectively increase their vulnerability to ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2011-November |
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Summary:
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This report by Positive Justice Project member NASTAD provides a summary of health departments' relationships with state departments of corrections (DOC) regarding ...
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Document Type:
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Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law) |
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Date:
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2004-August-05 |
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Summary:
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To ensure that the New York City Department of Corrections (DOC) fulfills its obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the U.S. Attorney's Office ...
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Document Type:
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Pleadings and Briefs |
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Date:
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2009-June |
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Summary:
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In this brief, the Center for HIV Law and Policy, National Advocates for Pregnant women, and other amici argue that a federal judge in the District of Maine improperly ...
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Document Type:
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Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law) |
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Date:
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1988-June-27 |
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Summary:
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The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin held that there is a constitutional right to privacy in one’s medical records and that this right is ...
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Document Type:
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Court and Agency Decisions and Orders (including case law) |
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Date:
|
1982 |
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Summary:
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In this landmark decision, the Supreme Court held that individuals committed to state institutions have a substantive right under the 14th amendment to be free from ...
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