The SAVE Coalition is a group of organizations and individuals dedicated to protecting the U.S. prison, jail and youth detention population--a group that is increasingly vulnerable to violence and abuse since the 1996 enactment of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA). Members of the SAVE Coalition have studied the impact of the PLRA and developed proposed reforms to the law that do not interfere with its stated purpose: to reduce frivolous litigation by prisoners. Among the groups most adversely affected by the restrictions imposed by the PLRA are juveniles, who could never be considered "frivolous" litigators in the first place. The SAVE Coalition's proposed reforms seek to preserve the rule of law in America's jails, prisons, and youth detention centers and to protect adult and juvenile prisoners from rape, assault, denials of religious freedom, and other constitutional violations by fixing the unintended consequences of the PLRA. MORE INFORMATION >>
SAVE COALITION MEMBERS INCLUDE :
United Methodist Church, General Board of Church and Society Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law Center for Children's Law and Policy Juvenile Law Center National Juvenile Justice Network Human Rights Watch Center for Victims of Torture American Bar Association Drug Policy Alliance National Religious Campaign Against Torture Sentencing Project Legal Aid Society of NY Open Society Institute Penal Reform International Just Detention International
Prison Legal News Public Justice Center CURE International Prison Law Office Private Corrections Institute AdvoCare, Inc. PA. Institutional Law Project Justice Policy Institute Prisons Foundation Call To Do Justice Legal Action Center National African American Drug Policy Coalition Aleph Institute Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, DC Prisoners' Project ACLU
OTHER SUPPORTERS INCLUDE :
Chase Riveland, former Director of the Colorado and Washington Dept. of Corrections Pat Nolan, Prison Fellowship Joseph Lehman, former Director of the Pennsylvania, Maine and Washington Dept. of Corrections David Keene, Chairman of the American Conservative Union
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Do you have personal stories about how the PLRA has impacted you or your family? Please contact Amy Fettig by email afettig@npp-aclu.org or phone (202) 548-6608
United Methodist Church, General Board of Church and Society 
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