It’s Time to Decriminalize Personal Drug Use and Possession. Basic Rights and Public Health Demand It.
When it comes to personal drug possession, the scales of justice are out of balance and need recalibration now.
No Review Necessary: Stop Using Private Prisons for Immigration Detention
The evidence is horrific and overwhelming: DHS must phase out the use of private prisons for immigration detention now.
End Prisons-for-Profit
A scathing report from the Justice Department's watchdog calls for “better oversight” of private prisons. That’s not enough.
To Make Black Lives Matter, We Must Tear Down the Case Law that Gave Police the Power to Stop, Search, and Abuse
Police reform will go only so far unless we take the movement to the courtroom and resuscitate the Fourth Amendment.
WATCH: How Many Times Do Black People Have to Be Killed on Video Before We Reassess What We Are Doing on Race and Policing in America?
ACLU Deputy Legal Director Jeff Robinson discusses how de-escalation training can help police avoid using deadly force.
The Best Way of Stopping Out-of-Control Immigration Prosecutions Is to Avoid Them in the First Place
Federal prosecutors have discretion to prioritize cases. Border-crossers returning to their kids shouldn’t be on that list.
You Serve Your Time, Earn Your Freedom, Then the Job Market Shuts the Door in Your Face
Jason Hernandez had to take extreme measures to get around employers’ bias against former prisoners.
Immigrants Shouldn’t Be Locked Up for Being Poor
A new class-action lawsuit challenges locking up immigrants too poor to pay bond.
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