A running feed of rights developments: judgments handed down, bills introduced, treaty bodies reporting, enforcement agencies acting. Items are short and dated, with a line of context explaining what changed. Suited to advocates, legal teams and journalists who need to see movement in the field quickly.
One year after the Supreme Court upheld camping bans, the fight has shifted to state constitutions and city inventories of shelter beds.
Devon Clarke · August 24, 2026
A 2023 law told federal regulators to make prison and jail calling rates "just and reasonable." The caps they've set have moved twice in two years — down sharply in 2024, then back up in 2025.
Devon Clarke · August 19, 2026
Pending cases passed 3.5 million in recent counts, wait times run years, and the system's due-process problem is arithmetic before it is legal.
Devon Clarke · July 30, 2026
With federal oversight scaled back, the operative checks are state misconduct-record laws, civilian oversight, and the settlement data cities quietly publish.
Monica Cummings · July 7, 2026