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Letter: Recommendations for Reducing the Prison Population and Protecting People in California Prisons

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|Date: July 10, 2020
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Letter: Recommendations for Reducing the Prison Population and Protecting People in California Prisons

by Mano Raju This is an immeasurably difficult time. With 2,419 incarcerated persons with active cases of ...

by Mano Raju This is an immeasurably difficult time. With 2,419 incarcerated persons with active cases of COVID-19 in California prisons statewide and over 1,500 people who are incarcerated or work in ...

July 10, 2020
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ACLU Client Finally Released after Being Held for More than 17 Months without Charge

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|Date: July 01, 2020
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ACLU Client Finally Released after Being Held for More than 17 Months without Charge

By Yuanqi Ivy Zhou NEW YORK - Federal Court here announces the release of Adham Amin Hassoun, an American ...

By Yuanqi Ivy Zhou NEW YORK - Federal Court here announces the release of Adham Amin Hassoun, an American resident unlawfully detained for more than 17 months under a provision of the Patriot Act enac ...

July 01, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Why Prosecutors Keep Letting Police Get Away with Murder

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|Date: June 28, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Why Prosecutors Keep Letting Police Get Away with Murder

Real justice and safety for Black communities will require a complete overhaul of the prosecutor-police r ...

Real justice and safety for Black communities will require a complete overhaul of the prosecutor-police relationship. By Somil Trivedi Just one month ago, the world saw a video of Minneapolis officer ...

June 28, 2020
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Georgia ACLU Opposes Adding Police as a Protected Group

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|Date: June 24, 2020
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Georgia ACLU Opposes Adding Police as a Protected Group

By Ayanna Gandhi GEORGIA - The ACLU of Georgia has announced it is opposing the inclusion of officers as ...

By Ayanna Gandhi GEORGIA - The ACLU of Georgia has announced it is opposing the inclusion of officers as a guarded class, in legislation now being considered in the Georgia Legislature. Late on June 2 ...

June 24, 2020
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Supreme Court Denies ACLU Petition to Reconsider Qualified Immunity

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|Date: June 16, 2020
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Supreme Court Denies ACLU Petition to Reconsider Qualified Immunity

By Linh Nguyen WASHINGTON D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday to not wade into the sticky subjec ...

By Linh Nguyen WASHINGTON D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday to not wade into the sticky subject of “qualified immunity,” the legal doctrine that immunizes law enforcement and public officia ...

June 16, 2020
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ACLU Urges UN to Address US Police Brutality

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|Date: June 15, 2020
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ACLU Urges UN to Address US Police Brutality

By Nikki Suzani NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has released a statement demanding, ...

By Nikki Suzani NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has released a statement demanding, along with a coalition of 600 other human rights groups, that the United Nations Human Rights C ...

June 15, 2020
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Commentary: What’s ICE’s Response to COVID-19 in Detention Centers?

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|Date: June 13, 2020
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Commentary: What’s ICE’s Response to COVID-19 in Detention Centers?

By Esmeralda Mendoza ICE California Detention Centers have repeatedly failed to provide detainees persona ...

By Esmeralda Mendoza ICE California Detention Centers have repeatedly failed to provide detainees personal protective equipment (PPE), administer sufficient COVID-19 testing, and reduce the population ...

June 13, 2020
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ACLU Sues Minneapolis Law Enforcement after Aggressive Riot Tactics Targeted Journalists

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|Date: June 07, 2020
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ACLU Sues Minneapolis Law Enforcement after Aggressive Riot Tactics Targeted Journalists

By Dominique Kato MINNESOTA - On Tuesday, The ACLU of Minnesota filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of ...

By Dominique Kato MINNESOTA - On Tuesday, The ACLU of Minnesota filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of journalists who have been tear-gassed, pepper-sprayed, shot in the face with rubber bullets, t ...

June 07, 2020
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San Francisco DA Launched New Policy to Protect Public from Police Misconduct and Abuse

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|Date: June 06, 2020
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San Francisco DA Launched New Policy to Protect Public from Police Misconduct and Abuse

San Francisco DA’s office has launched a new policy requiring prosecutors to review all available evidenc ...

San Francisco DA’s office has launched a new policy requiring prosecutors to review all available evidence before charging any cases involving allegations of resisting or obstructing police officers o ...

June 06, 2020
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ACLU Demands Sacramento, Other Communities Rescind Curfews

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|Date: June 05, 2020
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ACLU Demands Sacramento, Other Communities Rescind Curfews

Earlier this week, the Southern California ACLU filed a lawsuit to stop the city of Los Angeles from impo ...

Earlier this week, the Southern California ACLU filed a lawsuit to stop the city of Los Angeles from imposing a curfew. On Thursday, the Northern California ACLU sent a letter to the mayor and city c ...

June 05, 2020
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Community-Based Alternatives to Policing in California

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|Date: June 05, 2020
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Community-Based Alternatives to Policing in California

By Metyia Phillips SACRAMENTO - In the recent wake of the death of George Floyd, people all over Californ ...

By Metyia Phillips SACRAMENTO - In the recent wake of the death of George Floyd, people all over California have taken to the streets, and helped push the Assembly Appropriations Committee to introduc ...

June 05, 2020
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Curfews Are Unconstitutional, Charges ACLU of Southern California

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|Date: June 04, 2020
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Curfews Are Unconstitutional, Charges ACLU of Southern California

By Linh Nguyen LOS ANGELES COUNTY-- The ACLU of Southern California is asking for the curfew order that c ...

By Linh Nguyen LOS ANGELES COUNTY-- The ACLU of Southern California is asking for the curfew order that came about from the Black Lives Matter movement protests to be rescinded because of its unlawful ...

June 04, 2020
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Supreme Court Affirms Ohio Judge’s Order to Release Medically Vulnerable Incarcerated People

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|Date: May 27, 2020
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Supreme Court Affirms Ohio Judge’s Order to Release Medically Vulnerable Incarcerated People

By Linh Nguyen & Metyia Phillips On May 26, 2020, the Supreme Court refused the Trump Administration’ ...

By Linh Nguyen & Metyia Phillips On May 26, 2020, the Supreme Court refused the Trump Administration’s request to block a lower judge’s trial ruling to release over 800 medically vulnerable incarc ...

May 27, 2020
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Lawsuit to Release Vulnerable Prisoners Filed against Shelby County Jail

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|Date: May 26, 2020
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Lawsuit to Release Vulnerable Prisoners Filed against Shelby County Jail

By Metyia Phillips TENNESSEE - A lawsuit (Busby v. Bonner) has been filed on behalf of all medically vuln ...

By Metyia Phillips TENNESSEE - A lawsuit (Busby v. Bonner) has been filed on behalf of all medically vulnerable inmates in Shelby County, asking for their release. Shelby County Jail is located in Ten ...

May 26, 2020
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Guest Commentary: When a Two-Year Sentence Becomes a Death Sentence

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|Date: May 24, 2020
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Guest Commentary: When a Two-Year Sentence Becomes a Death Sentence

The refusal to let pregnant people out of prison shows just how deep our mass incarceration obsession run ...

The refusal to let pregnant people out of prison shows just how deep our mass incarceration obsession runs — particularly in Indian Country. By Ruth Anna Buffalo and Kimberly Craven Andrea Circle Bear ...

May 24, 2020
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Death, Hunger Strikes, Plague – COVID-19 Lurks at ICE Detention Camps in Marysville, Bakersfield

Posted by Cres Vellucci
|Date: May 20, 2020
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Death, Hunger Strikes, Plague – COVID-19 Lurks at ICE Detention Camps in Marysville, Bakersfield

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief MARYSVILLE – In the few weeks since a U.S. Distr ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief MARYSVILLE – In the few weeks since a U.S. District Judge granted an emergency order to require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ...

May 20, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Why Freedom of Expression and Public Health Must Coexist

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|Date: May 20, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Why Freedom of Expression and Public Health Must Coexist

By Norma Chávez-Peterson, Abdi Soltani and Hector Villagra For centuries, people in this country have ass ...

By Norma Chávez-Peterson, Abdi Soltani and Hector Villagra For centuries, people in this country have assembled to demand change and protest abuse of power. Protests have been central to nearly every ...

May 20, 2020
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ACLU Files Lawsuits on Behalf of Terminal Island and Lompoc Prisoners

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|Date: May 18, 2020
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ACLU Files Lawsuits on Behalf of Terminal Island and Lompoc Prisoners

As COVID-19 Ravaged the Prisons, Officials Failed to Take Sanctioned Actions The ACLU of Southern Califor ...

As COVID-19 Ravaged the Prisons, Officials Failed to Take Sanctioned Actions The ACLU of Southern California among others has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of incarcerated people at two facil ...

May 18, 2020
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Lawsuit Seeks Release of Medically Vulnerable People Held at Oakland County Jail in Michigan

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|Date: May 17, 2020
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Lawsuit Seeks Release of Medically Vulnerable People Held at Oakland County Jail in Michigan

A district court judge who issued a temporary restraining order in the case said jail officials had not ‘ ...

A district court judge who issued a temporary restraining order in the case said jail officials had not ‘imposed even the most basic safety measures recommended by health experts.’ by Dawn R. Wolfe A ...

May 17, 2020
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The ACLU Demands Mass COVID-19 Testing of All Prison Employees and Incarcerated Populations

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|Date: May 08, 2020
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The ACLU Demands Mass COVID-19 Testing of All Prison Employees and Incarcerated Populations

By Nancy Martinez The ACLU is demanding the immediate testing of all prison employees and all incarcerate ...

By Nancy Martinez The ACLU is demanding the immediate testing of all prison employees and all incarcerated populations to limit the spread of COVID-19. The demand comes shortly after the ACLU partner ...

May 08, 2020
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