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NEW REPORT: Our Right to Resources: School Districts are Cheating High Need Students by Funding Law Enforcement

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Two new California laws expand sex workers' rights. #KnowYourRights

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Know Your Rights at U.S. airports & ports of entry

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REPORT: Costs of Injustice: How Criminal System Fees Are Hurting Los Angeles County Families

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Experience the highlights from our 2019 Bill of Rights Dinner

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VICTORY! Court orders ICE to stop issuing detainers using faulty database

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BREAKING: LAPD settles lawsuit, City creates online portal for records requests

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BREAKING: Gov. Newsom signs AB 392 to update CA's use of force standard and save lives

Cancel McCarthy Contract #CancelMcCarthyContract

VICTORY! L.A. County cancels massive, ineffective 'mental health jail' plan

Victory! Jose Bello is free from ICE detention

BREAKING: Jose Bello is free from ICE detention!

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A historic settlement initiates comprehensive reform of Riverside's informal juvenile probation program

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We're suing CBP, ICE and the FBI for spying on humanitarians working at the U.S./Mexico border

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When encountering immigration officials, KNOW YOUR RIGHTS and use them!

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America, it's time to talk about reparations

The California Death Penalty is Discriminatory, Unfair, and Officially Suspended. So Why Does Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey Still Seek to Use It?

New data shows racial bias, unfit lawyers taint L.A. County's death sentences

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REPORT: Toxic Treatment: The Abuse of Tear Gas Weapons in California Juvenile Detention

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Exposé: Abuse and Neglect in Orange County's Emergency Shelters

Know your rights on trains, buses, and stations

#RidewithRights on buses and trains

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Record interactions with law enforcement

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Are Our Prisons and Jails Ready for COVID-19?

The country and the world face a public health emergency in the new coronavirus causing COVID-19. The media is filled with concerns about how we will respond. Will we close schools? Cancel sporting events and other large gatherings? Work from home?

March 11, 2020
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