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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...

Troy Johnson |WAPT| April 21, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. —The ACLU of Mississippi is reacting to former Minneapolis, Minnesota, police officer Derek Chauvin being found guilty on all charges in the murder trial of George Floyd.

Emily Wagster Pettus |AP News| April 16, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will join a growing number of states and the federal government in banning the use of restraints on women giving birth in a jail or prison.

Courtney Ann Jackson |WLBT| April 12, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The Minnesota case of a man shot and killed by police comes just days after video was released of an Army Lieutenant in Virginia being stopped by police and pepper sprayed, and it adds fuel to the fire of increased scrutiny on...

Even with the number of controversial bills coming out of committees in both chambers, we had a very successful 2021 legislative session. Deputy Director Alicia Netterville recaps the accomplishments and setbacks.

The conditions highlighted in this report are shocking, but not unusual. ICE detention is plagued by dangerous conditions and abuse of detained people.

Thao Ta |WJTV| March 23, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – A campaign launched by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Mississippi aims to “untangle” the relationship between local law enforcement and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Ashton Pitts |MS Free Press| March 22, 2021 Local law enforcement’s “entanglement” with federal immigration agencies instills “fear across Mississippi’s immigrant communities” and introduces “a host of public safety hazards,” the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi said today while...

Qualified immunity acts as a shield, behind which law enforcement officers and other government actors may seek shelter and usually avoid liability for the consequences of their actions.