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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...

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...

Letter to Investigate Adams County ICE Detention Center

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...

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...

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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...

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...

Apr 21, 2021

ACLU of MS reacts to guilty verdict in George Floyd killing

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...

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...

Apr 16, 2021

Mississippi law will ban shackling inmates during childbirth

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...

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...

Apr 12, 2021

Traffic stops under heightened scrutiny following incidents in other states

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...

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...