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Mar 24, 2020
Mar 24, 2020
Lawsuit Demands ICE Release Immigrants at Risk of Death from COVID-19
Thirteen Detainees at Yuba County Jail and Mesa Verde in Bakersfield are Plaintiffs
Mar 18, 2020
Mar 18, 2020
ACLU Demands the Release from Prisons and Jails of Communities Vulnerable to COVID-19
ACLU Also Calls for Release of People Currently in Pretrial Detention Because of Cash Bail to Prevent a Public Health Crisis
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Dec 12, 2019
Nov 14, 2019
Nov 14, 2019
ACLU of Northern California Launches Gold Chains: The Hidden History of Slavery in California
Multimedia project highlights little-known story of black and Native enslavement and its enduring legacy
Oct 09, 2019
Oct 09, 2019
Advocates Celebrate Governor Newsom’s Signature on SB 136, Dismantling a Cruel, Ineffective Sentence Enhancement
The Governor’s signature reins in an expensive and racially discriminatory one-year sentence enhancement that adds additional years to someone’s sentence, lengthening family separations
Oct 08, 2019
Oct 04, 2019
Sep 10, 2019
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