CHLP's Anne Kelsey and Dr. William M. Valenti authored this op-ed in Syracuse.com on Nushawn Williams and how science, not stigma, should guide the next steps in his case.
CHLP, NACDL, and the APA released a joint statement that recognizes the essential nature of the criminal legal system to society, and calls on those within that system, including all individuals living and working in the nation’s jails, prisons, and other detention facilities, to be prioritized in the COVID-19 vaccination process.
Saluting World AIDS Day with new state criminal legal reform fact sheets, a video on the meaningful inclusion of people living with HIV, and decriminalization advocacy at the Smithsonian Institution and New York’s Ending the Epidemic Summit
CHLP filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court of Virginia in support of Galen Baughman, a young gay man at risk of indefinite civil confinement due to an unjust designation as a “sexually violent predator”. The brief describes the deep homophobic bias embedded in the civil commitment assessment process and in the drive to confine him in the absence of credible evidence.
Help SHYAC expand the advocacy spheres of comprehensive sex education campaigns, juvenile justice reform, and LGBTQ rights to include sexual health literacy and sexual/reproductive care access for youth in state custody and out-of-home care.
CHLP's Amir Sadeghi joins this ACT UP NY webinar on Thursday, October 29th at 6pm ET to unpack the criminalization of people living with HIV, and provide a national-legal overview of reforms to disease-specific criminal law.
CHLP submitted testimony regarding the importance of taking a public health rather than criminal law enforcement approach to COVID-19, as well as the need to address failures in the state’s response to COVID-19 in prisons, jails, psychiatric hospitals, and other settings of confinement.
