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Laura Rovner

@llrovner

Law prof at Univ. of Denver @sturmCOL, Civil Rights Clinic | clinical teacher & prisoners' rights lawyer | views mine

Joined June 2012
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Excited that my talk is on the main page of TED.com, with 57,000+ views already! go.ted.com/laurarovner #stopsolitary
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2000+ Jewish professors, staff, students circulating letter on Mahmoud Khalil's arrest: "We hold various views…But we are united in denouncing…anyone who invokes our name—and cynical claims of antisemitism—to harass, expel, arrest, or deport members of our campus communities."
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SSRN@SSRN15 Dec 2024
Solitary confinement, Human Dignity, & the Eighth Amendment: This article argues that #solitaryconfinement is cruel & unusual punishment because it erodes #humandignity, which should be deemed a basic human need. Read: spkl.io/6016fwFaO Subscribe: spkl.io/6018fwFau
This image shows a man in solitary confinement reading a letter.

ALT This image shows a man in solitary confinement reading a letter.

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There is hope — 10 ways to be prepared and grounded for another Trump presidency wagingnonviolence.org/2024/1…
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@ACLU5 Nov 2024
If you live in: 🗳️Alaska 🗳️California 🗳️Colorado 🗳️Connecticut 🗳️DC 🗳️Hawaii 🗳️Idaho 🗳️Illinois 🗳️Iowa 🗳️Maine 🗳️Maryland 🗳️Michigan 🗳️Minnesota 🗳️Montana 🗳️Nevada 🗳️New Hampshire 🗳️New Mexico 🗳️Utah 🗳️Vermont 🗳️Virginia 🗳️Washington 🗳️Wisconsin 🗳️Wyoming Your state has in-person Election Day registration. You can register and vote TODAY.
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@mtarm5 Nov 2024
To U.S. Death Row Inmates, Today's Election is a Matter of Life or Death

To U.S. Death Row Inmates, Today's Election is a Matter of Life or Death

Article · @mtarm
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Bureau Of Prisons Could Do More To Send People Home, Why Aren’t They? via @forbes forbes.com/sites/walterpavlo…
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Another Trump Presidency 'Mortifies' Those Impacted By His First Killing Spree

Another Trump Presidency 'Mortifies' Those Impacted By His First Killing Spree

President Joe Biden has made no visible progress toward his campaign promise of working to end the federal death penalty.

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The Onion
@TheOnion25 Oct 2024
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John Kiriakou: US Prisons Still a Disaster Zone scheerpost.com/2024/10/18/jo… via @Scheer_Post
John Kiriakou: US Prisons Still a Disaster Zone

John Kiriakou: US Prisons Still a Disaster Zone

The BOP had long been one of the biggest embarrassments in the federal government and Joe Biden’s administration hasn’t changed that.

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'Shocking' constitutional discipline violations at now-closed FCI Dublin: judge ktvu.com/news/judge-cites-sh…

'Shocking' constitutional discipline violations at now-closed FCI Dublin: judge

A federal judge has extended the role of the special master over the now-closed FCI Dublin women's prison, saying that a review of the Bureau of Prisons' disciplinary actions against the incarcerated...

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The Prison Mail Bans Aren’t About Fentanyl. They’re About Understaffing. filtermag.org/fentanyl-mail-…

The Prison Mail Bans Aren’t About Fentanyl. They’re About Understaffing.

On September 19, Senator Robert Casey (D-PA) introduced legislation that would require the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to begin ...

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Biden Needs to Work on His Clemency Legacy nytimes.com/2024/09/18/opini…
Opinion | Biden Needs to Work on His Clemency Legacy (Published 2024)

Opinion | Biden Needs to Work on His Clemency Legacy (Published 2024)

It is more important than ever in an era of grossly excessive punishments and mass incarceration.

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Federal Judge Rules Inmate Death Records Can Remain Secret Because They Could Embarrass Federal Prison Officials reason.com/2024/09/09/federa… via @reason
Federal judge rules inmate death records can remain secret because they could embarrass prison...

Federal judge rules inmate death records can remain secret because they could embarrass prison...

The judge wrote that the mortality reviews could be used to "criticize" or "ridicule" the Bureau of Prisons.

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"There are executive actions Biden could take . . . including commuting the death sentences of those currently on federal death row." Yes. Yes yes yes. nytimes.com/2024/08/31/opini…
Opinion | America Does Not Need the Death Penalty (Published 2024)

Opinion | America Does Not Need the Death Penalty (Published 2024)

President Biden should fulfill his promise to work to pass legislation to end the use of capital punishment for federal crimes.

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I was touched to see Gus Walz’s joy when his dad @Tim_Walz took the stage last night. Thankful for you showing us all what real love looks like, Gus. Let’s be a nation that embraces this kind of warmth and vulnerability, instead of making fun or mocking it. We could all use some of Gus’s example in our own lives.
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Everyone stop trying to understand offside. Offside is a great mystery offside works in mysterious ways offside is taking no further questions @USWNT
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Special master's report on FCI Dublin is out. New details: The prison was so understaffed that women were tasked with watching each other on suicide watch. Cooks and nurses fill in as guards. ktvu.com/news/fci-dublin-spe…
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Harris faces calls to address mass incarceration, drop prosecutor vs. criminal line thehill.com/homenews/campaig…
Harris faces calls to address mass incarceration, drop prosecutor vs. criminal line

Harris faces calls to address mass incarceration, drop prosecutor vs. criminal line

More than 160 leaders directly impacted by incarceration and criminalization have sent a letter to Vice President Harris calling on her to create a campaign platform that addresses mass incarcerati…

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Masturbating inmates pepper-sprayed, restrained, forced to wear yellow cards at Colorado federal prison, report says coloradosun.com/2024/07/15/m… via @coloradosun
Masturbating inmates pepper-sprayed, restrained, forced to wear yellow cards at Colorado federal...

Masturbating inmates pepper-sprayed, restrained, forced to wear yellow cards at Colorado federal...

Inmates who masturbated at a federal prison in Florence were pepper-sprayed, restrained and forced to wear yellow cards, report says

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Congress OKs bill overhauling oversight of troubled federal Bureau of Prisons apnews.com/article/federal-p…
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