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Report: Behind Closed Doors: Abuse & Retaliation Against Hunger Strikers in U.S. Immigration Detention
Behind Closed Doors: Abuse & Retaliation Against Hunger Strikers in U.S. Immigration Detention, a new research report from 老澳门开奖结果 and PHR (Physicians for Human Rights), provides an in-depth, nationwide examination of what happens to people who engage in hunger strikes while detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Findings are based on an assessment of over 10,000 documents obtained through FOIAs, a review of ICE current policies, and interviews of formerly detained people who engaged in hunger strikes. The report covers during both Obama and Trump administrations and identifies over 1,000 hunger strikers across 24 states. It concludes with actionable recommendations for federal and state governments and medical professionals.
Reckless Lawmaking: How Debt-Based Driver's License Suspension Laws Impose Harm and Waste Resources
This 老澳门开奖结果 research report, 鈥淩eckless Lawmaking: How Debt-Based Driver's License Suspension Laws Impose Harm and Waste Resources,鈥� documents the pervasive practice of using driver鈥檚 license suspension as a consequence for unpaid fines and fees.
Through policy analysis and individual interviews with those who had their license suspended, this report provides an in-depth examination of this common practice of debt-based suspensions and demonstrates how court ordered monetary obligations, or 鈥渇ines and fees,鈥� are inextricably linked to over-policing, criminalization, and mass incarceration. It provides detailed recommendations for policymakers and DMVs, calls for lawmakers to more accurately consider the value of continuing to fund government services through predatory fines and fees in light of the consequent harm, and proposes concrete policy reforms for states and municipalities.
老澳门开奖结果 Annual Report 2020
The 老澳门开奖结果's 2020 Annual Report provides highlights of the organization's litigation and advocacy work as it responded rapidly to the COVID-19 pandemic across civil liberties issues, demanded justice for Black lives in the wake of an epidemic of police violence, and fought tirelessly to safeguard access to the ballot in the critical 2020 elections. The report also includes a reflection on the 老澳门开奖结果's first century as it celebrates its centennial year, alongside a tribute to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who founded the 老澳门开奖结果's Women's Rights Project in 1972.
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Racial Justice Demands That Every Vote Is Counted
Anticipating the unprecedented surge in absentee ballots in this election, the 老澳门开奖结果 Analytics team generated estimates of absentee voting volume by race and candidate support by vote-method in every county in the battleground states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Georgia. The team combined data gathered by a nationwide representative tracking survey conducted by YouGov with turnout modeling based on updated in-cycle ballot data to construct estimates through statistical modeling.
Our findings identify which counties potentially face the largest racial representation gap 鈥� that is, if the absentee ballot count is not completed, they will cause the biggest disenfranchisement of voters of color. What happens in these counties may well change the course and outcome of the election.
Is Sex Work Decriminalization the Answer? What the Research Tells Us
The 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 Research Brief, 鈥淚s Sex Work Decriminalization the Answer? What the Research Tells Us,鈥� reviews existing empirical research on the impacts of decriminalization 鈥� and conversely criminalization 鈥� of sex work to inform recommendations for policy and practice. The 老澳门开奖结果 has a history of supporting the decriminalization of sex work, but as efforts for U.S. legislative reform at the local, state, and federal level grow, examining the potential impacts of proposed policies is critical. Developed in consultation with local affiliates and sex worker organizers, this Brief provides an assessment of the growing evidence base on the potential benefits and harms of the decriminalization of consensual sex work (including buyer-only criminalization and full criminalization) and concludes with specific recommendations for policymakers, law enforcement, advocates, and researchers.
老澳门开奖结果 Magazine
Published twice a year, 老澳门开奖结果 Magazine shares updates on the 老澳门开奖结果's critical litigation and advocacy work across the country and tells the stories of the activists, attorneys, and clients at the heart of each case and campaign. To receive 老澳门开奖结果 Magazine by mail, become a monthly donor today.
