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   Nonilex (nonilex@masto.ai)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Aug-2025 01:14:13 JST Nonilex

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   #Louisiana’s prison system has kept thousands of incarcerated people behind bars for weeks, months or sometimes >1 year after they were supposed to be released, records show. And the #DOJ accused #SouthCarolina of institutionalizing thousands of people diagnosed with serious mental illnesses—sometimes for decades—rather than provide services that would allow them to live in less restricted settings, as is their right under federal #law.

   #Trump #CivilRights #MentalHealth #TheCrueltyIsThePoint

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     #CivilRights lawyers who have monitored the cases said the move is another sign of the #Trump administration’s retreat from the department’s mission of protecting the rights of vulnerable groups. Since January, Trump’s #DOJ has dropped #RacialDiscrimination lawsuits, abandoned investigations of #PoliceMisconduct & canceled #oversight of troubled #LawEnforcement agencies.

     #law #HumanRights #Prisoners #MentalIllness #MentalHealth #TheCrueltyIsThePoint

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     Nonilex (nonilex@masto.ai)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Aug-2025 01:14:14 JST Nonilex

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     #Trump Admin Halted Lawsuits Targeting #CivilRights Abuses of #Prisoners & People with #MentalIllness

     The Trump admin has halted #litigation aimed at stopping civil rights abuses of prisoners in #Louisiana & mentally ill people living in #SouthCarolina group homes.

     The #Biden admin filed lawsuits against the 2 states in December after #DOJ investigations concluded that they had failed to fix violations despite years of warnings.

     #law #HumanRights #MentalHealth
     https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-civil-rights-lawsuits-halted-louisiana-south-carolina

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