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ACLU sues the Madison County Sheriff's Department

Today, the ACLU of Mississippi, the ACLU, and the law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP filed a federal lawsuit against the Madison County Sheriff’s Department to challenge its decades-old policing practices that employ unconstitutional, racially-motivated tactics that target the Black comm

May 8, 2017

ACLU Challenges Madison County Sheriff's Department's Systematic Targeting of Black Residents for Unconstitutional, and Often Violent, Searches and Seizures

Madison County Deputies Routinely Subject Black Residents to Suspicionless Stops, Searches, and Seizures, Using Show-ID Checkpoints, Roadblocks, “Jump Outs,” and Home Invasions

May 8, 2017

ACLU Statement on So-Called 'Religious Freedom' Executive Order

CONTACT: Steve Smith, 212-519-7811, ssmith@aclu.org

May 4, 2017

In Effort to Significantly Reduce U.S. Jail and Prison Population, ACLU Launches New Initiative to Overhaul Prosecutorial Practices, Seeking to Establish More Accountability, Transparency in Criminal Justice System

Major effort includes high-impact, locally driven prosecutorial reform campaigns, working closely with advocates across the country on litigation, legislative advocacy, voter education

April 26, 2017

ACLU of MS Responds to Governor's Veto of HB 1033

This week, Governor Bryant vetoed House Bill 1033, a bipartisan measure designed to improve the criminal justice system in Mississippi.

April 21, 2017

Bullies in Blue: Origins and Consequences of School Policing

Over the past 50 years, our schools have become sites of increased criminalization of young people—a disturbing fact that is even truer for poor Black and Latino communities.

April 21, 2017