ACLU of Arizona Statement on Governor Ducey's Issued Curfew
The statewide curfew announced today by Governor Ducey is an extraordinary and sweeping measure that raises serious constitutional concerns.
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The statewide curfew announced today by Governor Ducey is an extraordinary and sweeping measure that raises serious constitutional concerns.
The ACLU of Arizona made the following statement regarding the ongoing protests against police violence happening across the nation and the state of Arizona
We filed a federal lawsuit against the warden of a private prison run by CoreCivic, the United States Marshals Service, and the Bureau of Prisons, demanding that the defendants ensure that the facility comply with public health guidelines to protect incarcerated people from the threat of COVID-19.
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.