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First lockup, then debt (Philadelphia Inquirer)
The Inquirer reports on the work of the Sheller Center’s Justice Lab students, the Youth Sentencing and Reentry Project, and the Juvenile Law Center in advocating for an end to Philadelphia’s troubling practice of charging parents for their child’s incarceration.
Activists ask UN to probe ‘nightmare’ immigrant jail in Berks (Philadelphia Inquirer)
The Inquirer’s report on an appeal to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention quotes Social Justice Lawyering Clinic student John Farrell, who states that family detention “arbitrarily deprives families of liberty, on no legal basis, by measures that are neither necessary or proportional to protect American interests.”
Multidistrict gender issues coming under scrutiny (Legal Intelligencer)
The Legal Intelligencer reports on a study led by Judge Sandra Mazer Moss (ret.), Executive Director of the Sheller Center, and lawyer and research fellow Dana Alvare, on the underrepresentation of women in leadership positions on plaintiffs’ steering committees in multidistrict and mass tort litigation.