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    Alvin Bronstein

    Alvin J. Bronstein (June 8, 1928 – October 24, 2015) was an American lawyer, and founder and Director
    Emeritus of the National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation.[1][2][3]
    According to his ACLU biography, 'he has argued numerous prisoners’ rights cases in federal trial and
    appellate courts as well as the Supreme Court of the United States. He was a consultant to state and
    federal correctional agencies, appeared as an expert witness on numerous occasions and has edited or
    authored books and articles on human rights and corrections'.[1]

    Early life and education


    Bronsteinwas born in Brooklyn to Louis and Lillian (née Spielman) Bronstein, who both worked in sales.
    His father, born Leizer Brunstein, was from Savran, Odesa Oblast (now Ukraine), and his mother from
    Poland.[4] They moved to the United States to seek refuge from the pogroms.

    Bronstein attended Erasmus Hall High School, then the City College of New York before graduating from
    New York Law School with an LL.B.[5][6]

    Career
    He began his career working in the American South during the Civil Rights Movement, becoming the
    Chief Staff Counsel of the Lawyers’ Constitutional Defense Committee from 1964 to 1968 in Jackson,
    Mississippi. He litigated civil rights cases during that time in Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana, and
    represented the major civil rights organizations in the South.[1] He was a Fellow at the Kennedy School
    of Government, Harvard University, from 1969 to 1971.[2][7] He was Pace Law School’s Practitioner-in-
    Residence in 2009.[8]

    He served as the director of the National Prison Project from 1972 until 1995. During this time, he argued
    three cases in the United States Supreme Court, Hudson v. McMillan (1992), Block v. Rutherford (1984)
    ([1] (http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/468/576/)), and Montanye v. Haynes (1976) ([2] (http://su
    preme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/427/236/)). After his departure from the National Prison Project, he has
    been a consultant for the ACLU. He also served as a board member of Penal Reform International
    (London) and a member of the Assembly of Delegates for the World Organization Against Torture
    (Geneva).[1]

    He had three children from his first marriage to Kate Ransohoff- Lisa Snitzer of Philadelphia, Susie
    Renner of Piedmont, Calif., and Laura Zatta of Lowell, Mass.; a daughter from his second marriage to
    Julie Bronstein- Sarah Bronstein of Berkeley, Calif. He is survived by his wife of 33 years, Jan Elvin.
    Their son, Benjamin Bronstein, lives in the District of Columbia. Bronstein also had seven grandchildren-
    Ian, Zoe, Sasha, Daniel, Ava, Corinna, and Sadie.
    Bronstein died of Alzheimer's disease on October 24, 2015, in Centreville, Maryland.[5]

    Awards
    1989 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship
    1985, 1988, 1991, 1994 listed as one of the one hundred most influential lawyers in America
    by the National Law Journal in their triennial publication, Profiles in Power.
    Frederick Douglass award from the Southern Center for Human Rights
    He has also received awards from the following institutions:
    National Council on Crime and Delinquency
    The Fortune Society ([3] (http://fortunesociety.org/))
    Offender Aid and Restoration
    University of Maine Law School
    Pennsylvania Prison Society
    The Prison Reform Trust (London, England)

    Works
    "Incarceration as a Failed Policy" (http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/archives/2005/08/incarce
    ration_a.html), Real Cost of Prisons, August 29, 2005
    The Rights of prisoners: the basic ACLU guide to prisoners' rights, Authors David Rudovsky,
    Alvin J. Bronstein, Edward I. Koren, Southern Illinois University Press, 1988, ISBN 978-0-
    8093-1452-2
    Prisoners' self-help litigation manual, Authors James L. Potts, Alvin J. Bronstein, Lexington
    Books, 1976, ISBN 978-0-669-01640-6
    Prisoners' rights, 1979, Volume 2, Authors Alvin J. Bronstein, Philip J. Hirschkop, Practising
    Law Institute, 1979
    Representing prisoners, Authors Alvin J. Bronstein, Practising Law Institute, 1981

    References
    1. "Archived copy" (https://web.archive.org/web/20110720183858/http://www.acluga.org/AJBro
    nstein.pdf) (PDF). Archived from the original (http://www.acluga.org/AJBronstein.pdf) (PDF)
    on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
    2. "Commission on Safety and Abuse | Witness | Alvin J. Bronstein" (https://web.archive.org/we
    b/20111015210449/http://www.prisoncommission.org/public_hearing_4_witness_bronstein_
    alvin_j.asp). prisoncommission.org. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011.
    3. "Advocates for the powerless" (http://www.udel.edu/PR/Messenger/03/2/advocates.html).
    University of Delaware. Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20230527212927/http://www
    1.udel.edu/PR/Messenger/03/2/advocates.html) from the original on May 27, 2023.
    4. New York, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1794–1943
    5. Roberts, Sam (October 29, 2015). "Alvin Bronstein, Lawyer Who Fought Prison Abuse, Dies
    at 87" (https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/30/us/alvin-bronstein-lawyer-who-fought-prison-ab
    use-dies-at-87.html). New York Times. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
    6. "Alvin J. Bronstein" (https://www.macfound.org/fellows/358/). MacArthur Foundation. August
    1, 1989. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
    7. "Harvard University Institute of Politics - Alvin J. Bronstein" (https://web.archive.org/web/201
    00703101208/http://www.iop.harvard.edu/Programs/Fellows-Study-Groups/Former-Fellows/
    Alvin-J._Bronstein). Archived from the original (http://www.iop.harvard.edu/Programs/Fellow
    s-Study-Groups/Former-Fellows/Alvin-J._Bronstein) on 2010-07-03. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
    8. http://www.pace.edu/page.cfm?doc_id=31514

    External links
    "Panel 3: Transparency and Access of Independent Experts to All Places of Detention" (http
    s://web.archive.org/web/20100707223119/http://www.wcl.american.edu/hrbrief/16/4panel3_
    qa.pdf?rd=1)

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