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2018-19 ACLU-MS Annual Report

Please click here to view the ACLU of Mississippi's 2018-19 Annual Report that includes synopses of our victories throughout the year as well as financial breakdowns.

January 19, 2020

Legislative Advocacy Day - January 23

The Mississippi affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union is hosting Legislative Advocacy Day on January 23 at the Mississippi state capitol.

January 17, 2020

Brown v. Madison County Consent Decree Addresses Racially Motivated Policing

A groundbreaking consent decree will help to prevent the Madison County Sheriff’s Department from engaging in the racially motivated policing practices that have historically been its hallmark.

January 7, 2020

Discriminatory Panhandling Ordinances Overturned

This year, the ACLU of Mississippi, in a letter nationally coordinated by the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, relaunched a campaign demanding that 16 jurisdictions in Mississippi repeal their bans on panhandling.

January 7, 2020

In 2019, We Fought Across the Country to Dismantle Mass Incarceration. We Won on Multiple Fronts.

This year, despite deep political divisions, one area of growing consensus from stakeholders on both sides of the aisle was the need to reform our country’s criminal legal system.

December 10, 2019