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ACLU of Mississippi, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Jack Williams sue Lafayette County, MS for Violating Resident’s Free Speech Rights
What: Lawsuit Filed Against MDOC for Its Failure to Protect Prisoners During Pandemic
When: Filed May 14, 2020
Black residents of Madison County, Mississippi express joy in settlement aimed at ending racially motivated abusive policing practices
Prison Crisis Endangers the Public, Prison Guards, and Incarcerated Mississippians
Jackson, MS — The ACLU of Mississippi today released a report with recommendations that could lead to a 50 percent reduction in Mississippi’s prison population.
Today, the ACLU of Mississippi, in a letter nationally coordinated by the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, demanded that 16 jurisdictions in Mississippi repeal their bans on panhandling. Since the 2015 Supreme Court decision in Reed v.