Huffington Post 09/20/2017 06:56 pm ET Updated 4 days ago Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson said that GEO Group should pay minimum wage to detainees who work inside its center. By Elise Foley The state of Washington sued a private prison … Continued
Juan Coronilla-Guerrero’s wife told a federal judge that he could be killed if he was deported back to central Mexico. The judge decided to deport him anyway — and Coronilla-Guerrero was killed. Photo via the American-Statesman. By Andy Hoover and Matt … Continued
One of Pennsylvania’s two for-profit prisons — for now. Photo via Philly.com. By Matt Stroud, ACLU-PA Criminal Justice Researcher With Pennsylvania’s troubling record of sending more kids to prison for life than any other state; of shielding body camera footage … Continued
From the Sentencing Project (http://www.sentencingproject.org): Despite long-term declines in youth incarceration, the disparity at which black and white youth are held in juvenile facilities has grown, according to data from the U.S. Department of Justice. As of 2015, African American … Continued
Alex Wubbels stood her ground. Screenshot via CNN. By Matt Stroud, ACLU-PA Criminal Justice Researcher A registered nurse, Alex Wubbels, exposed police brutality in a Salt Lake City hospital this week by releasing barbaric body camera footage to the public. … Continued
From the Project on Government Oversight (http://www.pogo.org/): August 28, 2017 Police forces fire tear gas grenades from an armored vehicle in Ferguson, MO, August 17, 2014. (Photo: loavesofbread / Wikimedia Commons) The Trump administration is removing restrictions–including important oversight measures–on a program that puts … Continued
After nearly eight months of an ongoing investigation by the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office, information on Christopher Thompkins’ killing by Pittsburgh police remains scarce. Answers, scarcer still. By Emily Beuger and Matt Stroud, American Civil Liberties Union of … Continued
Let’s not charge protesters for public safety costs when they exercise their First Amendment rights. By Elizabeth Randol, ACLU-PA Legislative Director Imagine if Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., future Congressman John Lewis, and their compatriots in the civil rights movement … Continued
Mamadu Balde is locked up because he can’t be deported. ACLU-PA hopes to change that. By Andy Hoover, ACLU-PA Communications Director In its zeal to deport anyone, the Trump administration has jailed a man that the government has tried and … Continued
From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/): This statement from the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) can be attributed to Oliva Golden, CLASP Executive Director Washington, DC, August 15, 2017—The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) stands firmly with others in expressing … Continued