PHOTO from Winter 2020: Dedicated Detroit & Michigan NLG Chapter attorneys and Board members, Deb Choly and Bill Goodman, who have been working on the Wayne County Jail Case for decades.
50 year-long civil rights lawsuit over Wayne County Jail Conditions
Wayne County Jail Inmates v. Wayne County Sheriff
The University of Michigan’s Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse contains documented history of this case starting with the original Complaint filed on January 1, 1971 through (and beyond) the July 13, 2020 Amicus Brief regarding measures needed to ameliorate the high risk of COVID-19 infection in Michigan’s largest jail.
"We Live 24/7 in Hell": Detroit's Wayne County Jail, 1968-76
By Dominic Coschino, Published May 2020 by Carceral State Project/Documenting Criminalization and Confinement
Click the button for recommended procedure to request release of people incarcerated in Wayne County Jail, given COVID-19 dangers.