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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...

These Missouri Prisons Get ‘Brutally Hot.’ In Solitary, It’s Even Worse.

The MacArthur Justice Center lawsuit calls for swift policy change at Algoa. Jefferson City has already seen a handful of days in the 80s this year, including a high of 86 degrees in April. Shubra Ohri, one of the lead attorneys in the case, stressed that steadily rising temperatures across the state each summer mean that danger...

The Marshall Project

MacArthur Justice Center Files Case Advocating for Protections on Behalf of At-Risk Inmates Exposed to Brutal Heat at Algoa Correctional Center in Missouri

ST. LOUIS — The MacArthur Justice Center has filed a case on behalf of individuals housed in Algoa Correctional Center in Missouri – a nearly 100-year-old prison without air conditioning – ahead of another historically hot summer where the heat index is predicted to rise up to 100-120 degrees, asserting the excessive heat prisoners are...

‘Trapped in a fiery kennel’: Lawsuit against Missouri Department of Corrections alleges extreme heat at one prison is a constitutional violation

“We know that it’s getting hotter every year,” said Shubra Ohri, senior counsel at the MacArthur Justice Center. “Our hope would be that this would prompt (Missouri Department of Corrections) to reconsider their practices here and understand that they are unconstitutional and inhumane.”

The Beacon

Missouri sued over excessive heat at prison in Jefferson City

“They were not sentenced to die, and they were not sentenced to be subject to such physical and emotional trauma and torture that they are experiencing at Algoa over the summer,” said Shubra Ohri, senior counsel at MacArthur Justice and the lead attorney on the case.

St. Louis Public Radio

Corrections Officer Charged in Beating Previously Led Training on Mace

"People in leadership are aware of this happening, but they're not doing anything about it," said MJC's Shubra Ohri.

Riverfront Times

Video Footage and Reports Released in Lawsuit Expose Inhumane Treatment of People Detained at St. Louis City Jail

Plaintiffs in a putative class action lawsuit, Jones v. City of St. Louis, filed a motion containing a staggering volume of evidence against the St. Louis City Justice Center (CJC), including over 360 use-of-force reports, more than 50 declarations and grievances and video footage of correctional officers macing detainees at point-blank range with “riot-sized” cannisters—often while people are restrained in handcuffs or locked in small cells.

HIV-positive trans woman sues after solitary confinement

"Ms. Roe was trapped in isolation with no way to challenge her conditions," MJC's Shubra Ohri said. "Six years of that led Ms. Roe to self-harm, suicidal ideation, and actual suicide attempts."

The Bay Area Reporter

Trans Woman Living with HIV Held in Solitary Confinement for Six Years Sues

“Six years of that led Ms. Roe to self-harm, suicidal ideation, and actual suicide attempts. This tracks with widespread consensus among the human rights experts, psychologists, physicians, and mental health authorities who say solitary confinement is torturous and should be abolished," MJC's Shubra Ohri said.

Yahoo Life

Transgender Woman Living with HIV Files Lawsuit After Being Held in Solitary Confinement For Over Six Years

On Tuesday, Lambda Legal, the MacArthur Justice Center and Shook, Hardy & Bacon sued the Missouri Department of Corrections on behalf of Jane Roe, a formerly incarcerated transgender woman living with HIV, who was put in solitary confinement for over six years between 2015 and 2021 while held at the Jefferson City Correctional Center due to an unconstitutional and discriminatory policy against people living with HIV.

Man Imprisoned for 12 Years for Unknown Alleged Technical Parole Violation Fights for Release

Missouri State's opaque, unfair parole revocation system is the subject of on-going federal lawsuit.