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Aug 22, 2016
District Court Issues Injunction Against Guidance Protecting Transgender Students
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Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Aug 18, 2016
Justice Department Tells Bureau of Prisons to Phase Out Private Prisons
WASHINGTON 鈥 The Department of Justice announced today that it is ordering the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to begin phasing out its use of private prisons.
The order, announc...
Issue Areas:
Prisoners' Rights
Smart Justice
Aug 12, 2016
District Court Hears Challenge to Federal Guidance Protecting Transgender Students and Employees
FORT WORTH, Texas 鈥 Five leading national civil and LGBT rights organizations urged the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas to reject an effort to block the Ob...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Texas v. U.S.
Aug 11, 2016
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Students Channeled Into Criminal Justice System for Loitering, Cursing, Questioning Police Behavior, or 鈥極bnoxious鈥 Actions
Issue Areas:
Juvenile Justice
Racial Justice
Court case: CYAP v. Wilson
Aug 10, 2016
Department of Justice findings regarding the Baltimore City Police Department
"The Department of Justice's findings on the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) document in devastating detail what Baltimoreans have decried for years: Baltimore's Black residents ...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
Aug 06, 2016
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