Disability Rights Arkansas Files Lawsuit Against Governor and Department of Corrections  

April 21, 2020
Disability Rights Arkansas Files Lawsuit Against Governor and Department of Corrections  

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the law firm Squire Patton Boggs, Disability Rights Arkansas, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas filed an emergency complaint against Governor Asa Hutchinson and Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADC) officials on behalf of Arkansas state prisoners over the inadequate measures to prevent COVID-19 transmission, illness, and death in state correctional facilities.

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