What we witnessed on Election Day was both historic and unnerving. The crowds of people voting in-person, coupled with the overwhelming amount of absentee ballots prove Mississippi voters believe in our democracy.
There are more law enforcement and security guards in Mississippi schools than nurses, psychologists, and social workers combined. A recently released report, Cops and No Counselors, examines the first state-level student-to-staff ratio comparison.
Locally elected prosecutors wield enormous and unaccountable power that has contributed to both mass incarceration and sever racial disparities. Across the country, voters are beginning to recognize the extent of this power, and are demanding that they reverse course.
The ACLU of Mississippi chooses to focus our work through a racial lens because we believe that racial justice and equity are essential to our mission and our fundamental core values. We have been vigilant to demand racial justice and expand racial equity within our work.