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Aug 8, 2018

Private Prison Giant CoreCivic Manipulates Montana Into Renewing Its Contract

For-profit incarceration in Montana has failed people in prison and taxpayers. Gov. Bullock renewed private prison operator CoreCivic’s contract.

In November 2017, Gov. Steve Bullock convened a...

By aclutn

For-profit incarceration in Montana has failed people in prison and taxpayers. Gov. Bullock renewed private prison operator CoreCivic’s contract.

In November 2017, Gov. Steve Bullock convened a...

By aclutn
Aug 8, 2018

Federal Appeals Court Confirms Border Patrol Agents Can’t Kill People Across the Border With Impunity

An unjustified shooting of a teenager across the border isn’t just wrong — it’s unconstitutional.

On October 10, 2012, José Antonio Elena Rodriguez, a 16-year-old boy, was shot and killed on Calle...

By aclutn

An unjustified shooting of a teenager across the border isn’t just wrong — it’s unconstitutional.

On October 10, 2012, José Antonio Elena Rodriguez, a 16-year-old boy, was shot and killed on Calle...

By aclutn
Aug 7, 2018

Jeff Sessions’ Illegal Attacks on Asylum Seekers

The Trump administration is illegally eviscerating asylum protections for domestic violence survivors and other refugees at the border. We’re suing.

Grace,* an indigenous woman from a...

By aclutn

The Trump administration is illegally eviscerating asylum protections for domestic violence survivors and other refugees at the border. We’re suing.

Grace,* an indigenous woman from a...

By aclutn
Aug 7, 2018

On-Again, Off-Again: Where Do Things Stand With DACA?

A federal court in Washington D.C. ordered the government to begin accepting new DACA applications, but a court in Texas could stop it.

It was nearly a year ago that President Trump announced the...

By aclutn

A federal court in Washington D.C. ordered the government to begin accepting new DACA applications, but a court in Texas could stop it.

It was nearly a year ago that President Trump announced the...

By aclutn
Aug 6, 2018

A Jury May Have Sentenced a Man to Death Because He Is Gay. It’s Time for a Federal Court to Hear His Bias Claim

Jurors in a South Dakota death penalty case thought a gay man might enjoy being sentenced to life in prison with other men, so they voted for death.

Last week, civil rights groups, including the...

By aclutn

Jurors in a South Dakota death penalty case thought a gay man might enjoy being sentenced to life in prison with other men, so they voted for death.

Last week, civil rights groups, including the...

By aclutn
Aug 6, 2018

Federal Judge Declares ‘Policing for Profit’ Unconstitutional

Police in New Mexico were ignoring the state’s law against civil asset forfeiture until a federal ruling last week.

Anybody who has watched at least one episode of Law & Order knows that in...

By aclutn

Police in New Mexico were ignoring the state’s law against civil asset forfeiture until a federal ruling last week.

Anybody who has watched at least one episode of Law & Order knows that in...

By aclutn