via ACLU Settlement will expand access to the Hepatitis C cure for incarcerated Vermonters. MONTPELIER, Vt. – A federal district court in Burlington gave preliminary approval on a class action settlement reflecting Vermont’s agreement to improve and expand access to the Hepatitis C cure for people in Department of Corrections (DOC) custody. The settlement will […]

via HIRC blog Our Program recently joined Human Rights First and over 100 other organizations from across the country in submitting a letter to President Biden regarding his administration’s reported plans to continue to use the Title 42 expulsion policy. Under this policy, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has banned individuals from entering […]

via HIRC blog Cindy Zapata is a Clinical Instructor at the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program. In this role, she supervises students on their cases and legal work and teaches classes, including a class on refugees and trauma that she co-teaches with Program Director Sabi Ardalan.  Cindy was first drawn to immigration law because, […]

by Rund Khayyat ’21 I attended Zoom arraignments during my first week in the Criminal Justice Institute (CJI), and what struck me most was the cases of the teenagers, all Black, who were undergoing their first interactions with the criminal system. One Black teenager appeared in court with his mom, and told the judge and […]