News & Commentary
Aug 10, 2021
Documents Foreshadow a Grim Future for COVID-19 Spread in Federal Prisons
What happens when federal prison staff speak out on the dangers ravaging their facility during COVID-19? Almost nothing, it seems.
Aug 02, 2021
Mississippi attorney general takes on Roe v. Wade
Cecil Hannibal | WAPT | July 31, 2021
Jul 12, 2021
Legislators set public redistricting hearings, complete with live-streaming
Bobby Harrison|Mississippi Today|July 12, 2021
JACKSON, Miss. - The joint committee tasked with developing a plan to redraw the four U.S. House seats and the 174 state legislative seats have scheduled nine public hearings across the state to garner public input.
Jun 09, 2021
Mass ICE Detention is Unnecessary — and We Have Proof
Immigration detention was cruel, abusive, and degrading before the pandemic hit — but as in so many other places, COVID-19 made the system's brutality impossible to ignore.
May 18, 2021
Civil rights complaint filed against Natchez ICE detention center over COVID-19 safety violations
Keisha Rowe | Clarion Ledger | May 18, 2021
NATCHEZ, Miss. - A civil rights and liberties complaint has been filed against the Adams County Detention Center in Natchez after several immigrant rights groups claimed the facility is endangering the lives of detainees.
May 17, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Mississippi Challenge to Roe v. Wade’s ‘Most Central Principle’ on Abortion
Ashton Pittman |Mississippi Free Press| May 17, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court announced this morning that it will hear a Mississippi case challenging Roe v. Wade in defense of the state’s 15-week abortion, “The Gestational Age Act.”
Apr 28, 2021
Close Adams County ICE Facility, Mississippi ACLU Tells Biden, Alleging ‘Torment’
Ashton Pittman |Jackson Free Press| April 28, 2021
JACKSON, Miss. — B.J. splashed toilet water in his eyes. The immigrant man was doing so, he later told attorneys in a statement last fall, because he was trying to wash his eyes after officers at the Adams County Detention Center sprayed him...
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