Bio
Eric Balaban was a senior staff counsel with the National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union and lead counsel for the Maricopa County Jail detainees in Graves v. Penzone.
Featured work
May 9, 2019
No One Should be Forced to Give Birth Alone in a Jail Cell
Mar 28, 2019
A Mentally Ill Man in Solitary Cut Off a Body Part at the Broward County Jail
Dec 19, 2018
Brutality Against Prisoners Is Often Unseen. In this Virgin Islands Jail, It Was Caught on Video.
Jun 20, 2018
How a Montana Prison Is Reforming Its Treatment of People With Disabilities
Feb 28, 2018
Time Has Come to Save Mentally Ill Inmates From Solitary Confinement
Sep 17, 2015
Cops and Guards Getting Away With Murder (Taser Edition)
Oct 3, 2014
Victory Against Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Jails, Where Too Many Have Suffered and Died From Neglect
Apr 3, 2013
Shocking Video from Maine Prison Shows a Restrained Prisoner Being Tortured with Pepper Spray
Oct 23, 2012
Marty Atencio (1967-2011): Another Victim of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Jails