With Michael Bien, a leading civil liberties lawyer acknowledged by The Daily Journal (January 2021) as one of California’s Leading Legal representatives of the Years. Mr. Bien has actually effectively prosecuted a series of significant civil liberties class actions versus state and federal correction firms and other public and personal entities. His work brought into public view abuses that have actually gone on for many years in California jails. These cases have actually led to substantial potential relief relating to unconstitutional conditions of confinement, rejection of psychological healthcare, illegal discrimination versus individuals with psychological impairments, security of detainees from sexual attack, and parole cancellation reform.
His work has actually continued throughout the pandemic that is wrecking the state’s jail system. He in partnership with lawyers from the Jail Law Workplace and in other places, continues to prosecute and look for detainee rights and security as much as possible throughout this pandemic. Bien works not just in jails and prisons, however likewise in the bigger neighborhood. In September 2020, he functioned as lead counsel representing the Chinese-American neighborhood, protecting a significant initial injunction stopping the Trump administration’s executive order prohibiting the Chinese super-app WeChat in the U.S.
What would jail and just-societal reform appear like?
Moving from: stigmatizing (crime-focused to people-oriented) language, overzealous policing, crime-driven media, mass imprisonment, and a problematic criminal justice system … to corrective justice, rehab and youth advancement programs– foregrounding the goodness of mankind and the predicament of individuals captured in the system.
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