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  • Press and Advocacy Groups Demand Private Corrections Giant GEO Group to Unseal Court Records, Footage of Abuse in Notorious Adelanto Immigration Facility

    Feb. 3, 2026 Media Contacts: Nicole Funaro, Media Relations Strategist, Public Justice, nfunaro@publicjustice.net Tamara Marquez, Communications Director, ICIJ, tamara@ic4ij.org Ben Camacho, The Southlander, 562-287-4629, ben.camacho@thesouthlander.com Emily Elena Dugdale, Los Angeles Public Press, eedugdale@lapublicpress.org RIVERSIDE, CA — Public Justice has filed a motion to intervene and unseal crucial court records in Hugo Gonzalez, et al. v.…

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  • Court Orders Riverside County to End Unconstitutional Wealth-Based Detention for Individuals Arrested for Lower-Level Charges

    Media Contacts: Nicole Funaro | Public Justice | nfunaro@publicjustice.net Madhvi Venkatraman | Civil Rights Corps | media@civilrightscorps.org ORANGE COUNTY, CA — An Orange County Superior Court judge has enjoined Riverside County, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, and Sheriff Chad Bianco, stopping them from jailing people arrested on lower-level charges before they have a court hearing…

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  • Bipartisan Former U.S. Officials and Legal Scholars Join Broad Coalition Supporting Youth Challenge to Trump’s Fossil Fuel Executive Orders

    Contacts:   Julia Olson, Chief Legal Counsel, 415.786.4825, julia@ourchildrenstrust.org Helen Britto, Communications Associate Director, 925.588.1171, helen@ourchildrenstrust.org Nicole Funaro, Media Relations Strategist, nfunaro@publicjustice.net MISSOULA, M.T. — Former senior U.S. government officials, legal scholars, climate scientists, faith leaders, children’s rights scholars, and environmental law experts have filed 8 amicus briefs supporting 22 young Americans challenging President Trump’s…

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  • AAJ, Public Justice Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Transportation Workers’ Access to Justice

    Contact: Meredith Rogers, 771-241-9680, Meredith.Rogers@justice.org Nicole Funaro, nfunaro@publicjustice.net In joint amicus brief, AAJ and Public Justice ask the Court to reject Flower Foods’ attempt to avoid accountability for wage and hour violations against its workers WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Association for Justice (AAJ) and Public Justice today filed a joint amici curiae brief with…

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  • Young Americans Take Trump’s Unconstitutional Fossil Fuel Executive Orders to the Ninth Circuit

    Contacts: Julia Olson, Chief Legal Counsel, 415.786.4825, julia@ourchildrenstrust.org Helen Britto, Communications Associate Director, 925.588.1171, helen@ourchildrenstrust.org Nicole Funaro, Media Relations Strategist, nfunaro@publicjustice.net MISSOULA, M.T. — Twenty-two young Americans are asking the Ninth Circuit to overturn a federal court ruling that blocked their constitutional right to life case, submitting their opening brief yesterday in Lighthiser v. Trump.…

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  • Iowa Supreme Court issues decision in low-income Iowans’ legal cost case

    Media Contacts:  Cindy Garcia, ACLU of Iowa Communications Manager, cindy.garcia@aclu-ia.org Nicole Funaro, Public Justice Media Relations Strategist, nfunaro@publicjustice.net Today the Iowa Supreme Court made a decision in the State of Iowa v. Ronald Pagliai (PAG-lee-eye). The lawsuit argued that Iowa courts may not bill low-income Iowans for the cost of their court-appointed defense attorney when…

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  • Statement on The Future of U.S. Department of Education Lawsuit to Restore Office for Civil Rights Staff

    Statement on the U.S. Department of Education lawsuit to restore Office for Civil Rights Staff: “Yesterday, we amended our lawsuit against the government’s efforts to dismantle the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights to bring the case as a class action. As part of our amended complaint, another family has also come forward to…

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  • New Lawsuit Challenges Federal Government’s Unconstitutional Civil Penalty Scheme That Fines Immigrant Families Up to $1.8 Million

    November 20, 2025 Media Contacts: The Legal Aid Society, Press@legal-aid.org Nicole Funaro, Public Justice, nfunaro@publicjustice.net Complaint Asserts the Government Is Issuing Massive Fines Without Notice, Evidence, Or A Chance to Contest Them   (BOSTON, MA) — Today, Public Justice, The Legal Aid Society, the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), the…

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  • Children Sue to Restore Contact Visits in the Adams County Jail, Asserting Their Right to Hug Their Parents

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct. 28, 2025 Media Contacts: Nicole Funaro, Public Justice, nfunaro@publicjustice.net Madhvi Venkatraman, Civil Rights Corps, media@civilrightscorps.org The lawsuit challenges a conspiracy between Adams County and HomeWAV to profit off of the elimination of contact visits.   ADAMS COUNTY, CO. — Children whose parents are jailed in Adams County have sued the County,…

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