ACP coordinates the assignment of attorneys to represent individuals who cannot afford to retain an attorney in various Criminal and Family Court matters.
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, and the agents under his command who led a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and its suburbs for more than two months, falsely depicted ordinary Chicagoans as professional agitators determined to mount a violent resistance, a federal judge determined. ... See MoreSee Less
U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis used a blistering 233-page ruling to painstakingly detail how agents falsely asserted in court and in official reports that they had been confronted with unrelenti...
A New York Times investigation has found that state prison guards have been credibly accused putting inmates in restraints and then assaulting them far more often than was previously known. ... See MoreSee Less
Prison officials are using a novel legal reading to argue that the HALT Solitary Confinement Act doesn’t apply to units where most people are incarcerated. ... See MoreSee Less
Prison officials are using a novel legal reading to argue that the HALT Solitary Confinement Act doesn’t apply to units where most people are incarcerated.
"By establishing a health-led system of response, we can help communities to safely and compassionately address those individuals who experience a behavioral health crisis," Office of Mental Health Commissioner and task force Chair Dr. Ann Sullivan said. ... See MoreSee Less
$6M in new funding from the NYS Office of Mental health will be used to create a health-led behavioral health crisis response system in communities across the state