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“The idea that someone would be in solitary confinement for more than a period of a few days or weeks was just not something that anyone accepted," MJC's Easha Anand

Fault Lines examines the toll of solitary confinement through the story of MJC client Dennis Hope, who spent 27 years in isolation.

A sweeping U.S. Supreme Court ruling for a civil-rights plaintiff marked the latest win for the MacArthur Justice Center, which has found success bringing cases in courts across the country.

A decision by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals paves the way for the case to move in front of a jury.

"It gives cities a protection that ordinary citizens never have."

Criminal charges against paramedics in Elijah McClain’s death raise questions about when emergency medical responders should be held accountable for fatalities in police custody.

The justices lined up along strict ideological lines in seven of 56 cases this term, including three of the biggest toward the end involving union organizing, voting rights, and non-profit disclosures.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit went 1-11 in argued Supreme Court cases this term, including unanimous rejections of the San Francisco-based circuit’s approach on immigration and tribal police stops.