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.

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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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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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.

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Using Bail as Ransom Violates the Core Tenets of Pretrial Justice

A gavel and a pair of handcuffs on a pile of money.

Block the Vote: Voter Suppression in 2020

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Trump’s Three Year Campaign to Separate Families: The Muslim Ban

In this April 25, 2018 photo, a person holds up a sign that reads "No Muslim Ban" during an anti-Muslim ban rally at the Supreme Court

47 Years Later, We’re Fighting to Make Roe a Reality Everywhere

A crowd of pro-choice protesters standing outside the Supreme Court holding up signs that read "Keep Abortion Legal," and "Abortion is a Human Right" among other signs.

The Trump Administration Weakens Standards for ICE Detention Facilities

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All Children Have a Right to Public Education, Regardless of Immigration Status

The law guarantees every child in the United States equal access to public elementary and secondary education. But the truth is that not every child in America has an equal opportunity to attend public schools.

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Molly Rivera