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The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
Hughes fire, in Castaic, burns on a hill threatening the freeway below while cars attempt to escape.

Feb 8, 2025

Half a Mile from the Flames: LA County’s Brush with Catastrophe Demonstrates the Urgent Need to Protect People in Jails and Prisons from Climate Change

Half a Mile from the Flames: LA County’s Brush with Catastrophe Demonstrates the Urgent Need to Protect People in Jails and Prisons from Climate Change
An airplane on the runway.

Jan 8, 2024

The Supreme Court Must Allow U.S. Citizens to Challenge Placement on No Fly List

The Supreme Court Must Allow U.S. Citizens to Challenge Placement on No Fly List
Library protest.A person walks past empty shelves at the library in Stony Stratford, near Milton Keynes, after residents have spent the week withdrawing their maximum allowance of books to stop the council's plans to close it as part of budget cuts.

Sep 7, 2023

Why Is Texas Eliminating School Libraries?

Why Is Texas Eliminating School Libraries?
A photo of ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Louisiana’s executive director Alanah Odoms.

Jul 25, 2023

Challenging Police Brutality in Louisiana

Challenging Police Brutality in Louisiana

Jul 6, 2023

Supreme Court Term in Review: Reconciling Our Losses and Wins

Supreme Court Term in Review: Reconciling Our Losses and Wins
The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry headquarters in Phoenix.

Jan 23, 2023

Arizona Violated the Rights of Incarcerated People for More Than a Decade. That Will Finally End.

Arizona Violated the Rights of Incarcerated People for More Than a Decade. That Will Finally End.
With helmets, gas masks and armed with shotguns, state police overlook the Attica prison yard which is filled with prisoners, face down in mud with their hands behind their heads. Other policemen are in orange ponchos are walking and searching the prisoners in Sept. 1971.

Sep 26, 2022

50 Years of Fighting for the Rights of Incarcerated People

50 Years of Fighting for the Rights of Incarcerated People
Shelby County Court

Sep 12, 2022

Despite Backlash, Voters and Lawmakers Continue to Choose Criminal Justice Reform

Despite Backlash, Voters and Lawmakers Continue to Choose Criminal Justice Reform
A prisoner lying in a hospital bed with one leg shackled to the bed rail in California medical facility.

Jul 8, 2022

Federal Judge Finds Arizona’s Prison Health Care Is "Plainly Grossly Inadequate" and Unconstitutional

Federal Judge Finds Arizona’s Prison Health Care Is "Plainly Grossly Inadequate" and Unconstitutional
A collage of images depicting prison labor.

Jun 15, 2022

Captive Labor: Exploitation of Incarcerated Workers

Captive Labor: Exploitation of Incarcerated Workers