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Nov 3, 2015

Lansing Watchdog: Bipartisanship Drives Criminal-Justice Reform

ACLU at the Michigan Capitol – November 2, 2015

Bipartisanship is flourishing lately. Not so much among our elected officials – unsurprising given that legislative transformation...

ACLU at the Michigan Capitol – November 2, 2015

Bipartisanship is flourishing lately. Not so much among our elected officials – unsurprising given that legislative transformation...

Nov 2, 2015

Why Eastpointe, Michigan, Looks So Much Like Ferguson, Missouri

The ACLU of Michigan has been working to abolish modern-day debtors’ prisons for the past seven years. As part of this work, I have...

The ACLU of Michigan has been working to abolish modern-day debtors’ prisons for the past seven years. As part of this work, I have...

Oct 30, 2015

NEWS ADVISORY: ACLU of Michigan to Press Macomb Circuit Court to End Illegal Pay-or-Stay Sentencing in Eastpointe

FOR IMMEDIATE USE

October 30, 2015

 

CONTACT: Darrell Dawsey, ACLU of Michigan, 313-578-6831; ddawsey@aclumich...

FOR IMMEDIATE USE

October 30, 2015

 

CONTACT: Darrell Dawsey, ACLU of Michigan, 313-578-6831; ddawsey@aclumich...

Oct 21, 2015

Death in a Debtors' Prison

David Stojcevski died, gasping for breath, naked on the cement floor of his cell at the Macomb County Jail, while his jailors watched the life ebb out of him. ...

David Stojcevski died, gasping for breath, naked on the cement floor of his cell at the Macomb County Jail, while his jailors watched the life ebb out of him. ...

Oct 7, 2015

Lansing Watchdog: Parole Reform Carries the Day in the Michigan House

Something genuinely exciting happened this past week in the Michigan House of Representatives:

The first real substantive piece of legislation to address mass incarceration passed the House on a 67-...

Something genuinely exciting happened this past week in the Michigan House of Representatives:

The first real substantive piece of legislation to address mass incarceration passed the House on a 67-...