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66% of voters say that rehabilitation should be prioritized over incarceration.

How Programs like HEART Fund Care, Not Criminalization

This week (May 5-8) is ACLU Community Safety Week on Capitol Hill. We’re joining the ACLU in DC to demand Congress invests in prevention, not punishment.

Mar 30, 2020

Gov. Cooper Must Save the Lives of Those Living and Working in NC Prisons.

A prison sentence should not become a death sentence. But our prisons are ill-equipped to handle the likely outbreak of COVID-19.
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Mar 30, 2020

Gov. Cooper Must Save the Lives of Those Living and Working in NC Prisons.

A prison sentence should not become a death sentence. But our prisons are ill-equipped to handle the likely outbreak of COVID-19.

By Kristie Puckett-Williams

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Mar 23, 2020

This is No Time to Play Politics with our Democracy

To ensure elections proceed and eligible Americans can vote, any federal legislative package addressing the impact of COVID-19 on our elections must include an immediate, substantial infusion of federal funding and federal requirements for no-excuse mail-in absentee voting and early in-person voting

Absentee ballots are seen through a mailbin
Mar 20, 2020

How the ACLU Organized to end Racial Profiling on Greyhound Buses

A Greyhound bus parked at a Los Angeles Greyhound bus station. Greyhound has denied the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers access to buses to conduct warrantless searches.
Mar 18, 2020

Police, Prosecutors, Sheriffs, Parole Officers, and Governors can Help Stop the Spread of COVID-19 — Here’s How

An incarcerated prison looking at a corrections officer separated by bars and a thick plastic barrier.
Mar 06, 2020

Are Our Prisons and Jails Ready for COVID-19?

An image of empty prison cells. Are prisons ready for the ensuing COVID-19 pandemic?
Mar 05, 2020

Trump is Sending Special Forces-style Agents into Pro-Immigrant Cities

On a sunny day in California, two Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers escort a man in handcuffs. Trump administration officials have confirmed plans for two new tactics in their anti-immigrant agenda.
Mar 03, 2020

TRAP Laws are the Threat to Abortion Rights You Don’t Know About

Abortion bans get headlines, but TRAP laws are a back door lawmakers use to push abortion access out of reach.

A bright grid with family planning imagery and a letter to Congress advocating on behalf of women's rights.
Feb 12, 2020

Wake and Mecklenburg County residents: Your local county commissioners and judges could help stem mass incarceration in your backyard

In your county jail, people are incarcerated without being convicted of a crime—locked in a cage because they are too poor to pay for their freedom before their day in court. Our unjust, broken system of money bail has led to a dramatic increase in the number of people, particularly people of color

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Feb 10, 2020

Hey Clearview, Your Misleading PR Campaign Doesn’t Make Your Face Surveillance Product Any Less Dystopian

Accurate or not, Clearview's face surveillance technology in law enforcement hands will end privacy as we know it.

A mockup image of how a computer scans a human face for facial recognition