March 5, 2025 – Nashville, TN – In a significant achievement for the rights of deaf prisoners, three deaf men and Disability Rights Tennessee reached a settlement with the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) that will provide videophones, sign language…
Human Rights Organizations Demand Prison Population Reduction to Ease Overcrowding After Hurricane Helene
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Oct. 31, 2024 MEDIA CONTACTS: Raleigh, N.C. (Oct. 31, 2024) – North Carolina human rights organizations signed onto a letter to demand the release of 400 incarcerated women and 1,500 incarcerated men to ease dangerous, inhumane overcrowding after evacuations and…