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Mar 24, 2020
ACLU-CT Reaction to First Positive COVID-19 Test of a Connecticut Department of Correction Worker
HARTFORD, Conn. – The Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) last night announced that an employee of Garner Correctional Institution tested positive for COVID-19. The follow...
Issue Areas: Prisoners' Rights
Mar 20, 2020
More Than Two Dozen Organizations Call for Protecting Public Health by Decreasing the Number of Iowans In Jails and Prisons
A total of 26 Iowa advocacy organizations today sent a letter to state and county officials recommending that they follow the advice of public health experts to make changes to Iow...
Issue Areas: Smart Justice
Mar 20, 2020
As Jails Curb Visitations, ACLU of Louisiana Urges Sheriffs to Create Confidential Phone Lines to Ensure Access to Counsel
NEW ORLEANS – As many Louisiana jails curb in-person visitation to combat the spread of COVID-19, the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana is calling on sheriffs to create...
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform
Mar 20, 2020
ACLU of Texas Comment on Court Ruling in Crystal Mason’s Appeal
FORT WORTH, Texas – A three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the Second District of Texas denied an appeal for Crystal Mason, a Tarrant County resident who was convicted a...
Issue Areas: Voting Rights
Court case: Crystal Mason v. State of Texas
Mar 19, 2020
ACLU and NWIRP Statement on Court Refusal to Release People at High-Risk of COVID-19
SEATTLE — A federal district court ruled today that it will not immediately release immigrants detained at the Tacoma Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, as request...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Court case: Dawson v. Asher
Mar 19, 2020
ACLU Statement on ICE Enforcement During COVID-19 Pandemic
WASHINGTON — Ken Cuccinelli, acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, backtracked on Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s announcement that it would curb ...
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
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