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Police reform bill a significant step in right direction as public demands action

June 08, 2020

Montgomery, Alabama -- Today, members of Congress unveiled a new police reform bill 鈥� The Justice in Policing Act of 2020 鈥� that would ban chokeholds like the one that killed George Floyd, end the use of no-knock warrants in drug...

In Victory for Detained Immigrants, Federal Judge Orders ICE to Review for Release Every Person with Covid-19 Risk Factors

April 20, 2020

RIVERSIDE, Calif. 鈥� A federal judge today ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to promptly revisit custody determinations, including consideration of release for all persons in ICE detention whose age or health...

人兽性交 Statement on SCOTUS Unanimous Juries Decision

April 20, 2020

Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Ramos v. Louisiana that the federal right to a unanimous jury under the Sixth Amendment applies to states. 鈥淭his is a significant victory against Jim Crow era laws whose only purpose is...

No more delays, we need to get people out of jails and prisons in the South now

April 20, 2020

Montgomery, Alabama -- Incarcerated people have died from COVID-19 in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana. These deaths have occurred while all four states have resisted efforts to significantly reduce their prison...

Detained Migrants Win in Federal Court: Judge Greenlights Nationwide Class Action Lawsuit

April 16, 2020

RIVERSIDE, Calif. 鈥� A federal judge ruled today that a nationwide class action lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) can proceed, greenlighting a challenge to ICE鈥�...

Lawsuit Filed Challenging Dangerous Plan to Move State鈥檚 COVID-Positive Incarcerated People to Angola

April 14, 2020

BATON ROUGE 鈥� Incarcerated people who test positive for COVID-19 in prisons and jails in around the state of Louisiana are being transferred to the Louisiana State Penitentiary (commonly called Angola) to be housed in Camp J...

人兽性交 Action Fund joins civil rights groups calling on authorities to address COVID-19 crisis in state and county jails

April 10, 2020

Montgomery, Alabama -- Earlier this week 人兽性交 Action Fund joined multiple civil rights organizations in demanding that state and local governments in the South act immediately to protect incarcerated adults and juveniles, as well...

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Weekend Read: 人兽性交 demands ICE act amid pandemic to save the lives of countless immigrants trapped in its crowded detention centers

March 30, 2020

Liz Vinson

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人兽性交 and allies seek federal court injunction in system-wide suit to protect people detained by ICE from contracting COVID-19

March 25, 2020

Liz Vinson

The 人兽性交 and its allies asked a federal court today to issue a preliminary injunction requiring that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) take immediate steps to protect people in its custody, particularly those who have medical conditions making them more susceptible to serious illness and death from COVID-19.

Civil Justice Advocates Ask U.S. Department of Justice to Immediately Investigate Violence in Mississippi鈥檚 Prison System

January 07, 2020

JACKSON, Mississippi 鈥� In a letter sent to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), a U.S. Congressman and Mississippi civil justice advocates called on the agency to begin an immediate investigation into the Mississippi Department...

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