Prison Outbreaks Are Still Threatening Public Health in Arkansas
Mass incarceration is a waste of taxpayer money that inflicts profound trauma on families and communities. It is also, literally, making people sick.
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Mass incarceration is a waste of taxpayer money that inflicts profound trauma on families and communities. It is also, literally, making people sick.
This week, the ACLU is back in court working to protect the constitutional right to abortion in Arkansas. In 2017, the state legislature passed four anti-abortion laws to severely restrict access to abortion.
Twelve months ago, none of us could have predicted what 2020 had in store: a global pandemic, the largest protest movement in American history, and a history-making election where our democracy withstood unprecedented attacks.
With a recent report showing police violence on the rise in Arkansas and multiple local law enforcement officials expressing racist and violent views, the ACLU of Arkansas is reiterating its call for systemic reforms to policing, including a statewide standards board and mandatory anti-bias training
The right to vote is the foundation of every constitutional right, and it’s a right that people of color have never been able to afford to take for granted, especially in the South.
Unfortunately, Arkansans are no strangers to Senator Tom Cotton's blatant disregard for our Constitutional rights. But his latest plan is simply racist and cruel.