Elisa Epstein

Death Row Case Exposes Failures to Protect Childhood Trauma Survivors | ACLU Mikal Mahdi’s life was marked by abuse. Today, as he awaits execution, the courts have the responsibility to acknowledge the systemic failures that shaped his path.

Mikal Madhi faced severe abuse and neglect, first at home and then by our criminal legal system. No court has ever considered his full story.

Allowing his execution to proceed would be a grave miscarriage of justice.

Trans Prisoners Say Trump’s Ban on Gender-Affirming Care Could Be Deadly “I’d rather not live than be forced to live as a man,” a trans woman in a federal prison in New Jersey said in a sworn statement.

Last night, @aclu.org & Transgender Law Center asked a federal court to temporarily halt implementation of Trump's order banning gender-affirming care for trans people in federal prisons. “I’d rather not live than be forced to live as a man," one plaintiff said.
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House spending bill would lead to $1B in D.C. cuts. Here’s what that means. The bill, also known as a continuing resolution, now moves to the Senate, where D.C. officials hope Democrats will help them defeat the measure.

It is honestly wild to me that Republicans cooked up a bill that would prohibit D.C. from spending more than $1 billion of its own budget, devastating our city services out of pure spite, *and Senate Democrats might actually vote for it.* Utterly appalling. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

BREAKING: We're suing President Trump over his executive order prohibiting gender-affirming care for people in federal prisons.

We'll see Trump in court to protect access to life-saving health care for people in federal custody.

Would love to be added, please!

Finally making the transition here! I'm an attorney with the ACLU National Prison Project! Would love to be added to any list :)