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June 1, 2006: [1] Support for Women in Prisons

On December 23, 2005, the Center for Constitutional Rights filed an amicus curiae, or friend-of-the-court, brief on behalf of a coalition of women's rights groups and international human rights organizations in support of a class of women prisoners seeking relief from sexual assault in prison. The case, Amador v. Superintendents of the Department of Correctional Services, brought by The Legal Aid Society's Prisoners' Rights Project in 2003 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, charges New York State with failing to protect women prisoners from sexual assault and harassment by male prison employees. [[2] more]