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May 03, 2011
Settlement in Class Action Lawsuit about Probation Camp in Lancaster, CA
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By ACLU of Southern California
Apr 25, 2011
Sentencing Reform: Balance the Budget, Balance Our Priorities
California is in a serious crisis, with the state budget deficit at a staggering $15 billion. To balance the budget, we need to balance our priorities. California is slashing funds for education and health care, while billions in prison spending remains untouched.
By ACLU of Southern California
Apr 25, 2011
Sentencing Reform: Balance the Budget, Balance Our Priorities
By ACLU of Southern California
Apr 14, 2011
Students and Civil Rights Groups Announce Revised LAPD Protocol to Reduce Curfew Tickets That Have Targeted Students of Color
ACLU of Southern California, Public Counsel and Community Rights Campaign say schools and parents, not police and courts, are best way to keep youth in school
By ACLU of Southern California
Apr 04, 2011
Court Rules In Support Of Due Process Protections For Detainee Held For Four Years By Immigration
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By ACLU of Southern California
Mar 16, 2011
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules that Lawsuit by Muslim Woman Forced to Remove Religious Headscarf Will Move Forward
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By ACLU of Southern California
Feb 23, 2011
ACLU/SC, CAIR and Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick LLP Sue FBI for Illegal Surveillance in the Muslim Community
The ACLU of Southern California, the Council for American-Islamic Relations of Greater Los Angeles, and the law firm Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick LLP today announced they have filed a federal class action law suit against the Federal Bureau of Investigations for infiltrating mainstream mosques in Southern California and targeting Muslim Americans for surveillance solely because of their religion.
By ACLU of Southern California
Feb 17, 2011
ACLU/SC Calls for Independent Investigation into Inmate Beating
The ACLU of Southern California (ACLU/SC) and the National American Civil Liberties Union today called on the United States Attorney’s Office to launch an independent criminal investigation into last month’s brutal beating by two Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) deputies of an inmate at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility, part of the Los Angeles County Jail system.
By ACLU of Southern California
Feb 08, 2011
ACLU/SC Employee Witnesses Inmate Beating
The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California (ACLU/SC) condemns a recent brutal beating by two Los Angeles County Sheriffs deputies of a detainee at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility, part of the county jail system.
By ACLU of Southern California
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