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After receiving multiple complaints from individuals whose comments - which expressed viewpoints that were critical of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) - were deleted and their accounts subsequently blocked and banned from MDOC's Facebook page, we sent a letter demanding that MDOC respond by unblocking and unbanning any individual who had been previously censored. Further, we demanded that MDOC cease the unlawful practice of deleting comments or blocking and banning individuals on their social media pages.

By Ezekiel Edwards, Director, ACLU Criminal Law Reform Project

Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an international and annual observance held on November 20 to honor those who have lost their lives violently due to anti-transgender hate or prejudice. TDOR also serves to raise awareness of hate crimes against transgender people.