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The report looks at how the immigrant detention system has grown since 2017, the poor conditions and inadequate medical care — even before the COVID-19 outbreak — and the due process hurdles faced by immigrants held in remote locations.
As more people die of COVID-19 in Arizona prisons, the ACLU of Arizona is calling on Gov. Doug Ducey to immediately issue an executive order to allow some incarcerated people to return to their families.
Failure to reduce jail population is the Achilles heel for the efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S.
Today, a broad coalition of criminal justice reform organizations and allies sent a letter to all county sheriffs urging them to use their emergency powers to release persons in their custody.
State and local officials should heed public health experts’ advice and immediately release individuals in detention who are at high risk of severe illness or death from COVID-19, wrote the ACLU of Arizona in a letter sent to state and county officials.
The ACLU of Arizona announced today that it is prepared to sue the state if lawmakers pass legislation that discriminates against transgender youth by limiting their ability to participate in sports.