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SPLC Alabama screening of ‘The Quilters’ highlights power of restorative justice
In the opening scenes of The Quilters, a 30-minute short film Netflix released last year, a man named Ricky wheels a pallet of quilted blankets and fabric swatches past high barbed wire fencing. Another man, wearing a gray uniform shirt, unspools bright orange thread wrapped around a silver bobbin. Yet another drops the presser foot…
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Federal Settlement To End Alabama’s Illegal Institutionalization Of Children With Disabilities
Agreement requires state to implement new safeguards, assessments, and family-based placement options to comply with the ADA Montgomery, Alabama — Advocates for children and the state of Alabama have reached a preliminary settlement agreement in A.A. v. Buckner, a federal class action lawsuit filed in 2021 challenging the state’s widespread practice of unnecessarily institutionalizing children…
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SPLC Fights Expulsion of Middle School Student Accused of Bringing Weapon Aboard School Bus
JESUP, Georgia — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed an administrative appeal to the Wayne County Board of Education in a student expulsion case. SPLC client “J.L.” was improperly expelled for bringing a homemade papercraft resembling a gun aboard a school bus. The papercraft was composed entirely of white paper and was never handled…
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SPLC Report Exposes Culture of Abuse and Violence in Florida Prison
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In today’s climate of mass incarceration and lack of accountability, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released an evidence-based report on the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC). The report highlights the root causes and human toll of prison brutality over a 10-year period, from 2014 to 2024, focusing on violence and abuse at Florida’s Gulf Correctional Institution. The report focuses on…
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Florida’s Gulf Correctional Institution
Head strikes, body slams, stabbings, chemical agents sprayed within inches of the face — this isn’t a dramatized portrayal of prison violence for a splashy television series. This is the daily reality for incarcerated people at Gulf Correctional Institution and many other Florida prisons. Gulf is one of the most brutal prisons run by the…
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Breaking the Myths: The truth about immigration under the Big ‘Beautiful’ Bill
“When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. … They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists.” These horrific words from then-presidential candidate Donald Trump have fueled dangerous stereotypes about immigrants. As the proud daughter of Mexican immigrants, I have seen how anti-immigrant rhetoric has haunted my community with lies. The recently passed…
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Alabama youth used advocacy to rise above after unjust school suspension
There aren’t many people who can say that they’ve had an audience at the United Nations. But at 20 years old, CJ Jones has done it twice — on two different continents. Last year, he flew from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to Geneva, Switzerland, to address the U.N. Permanent Forum on People of African Descent with a delegation…
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SPLC Denounces Trump’s Deployment of ICE to New Orleans
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) strongly condemns the Trump administration’s continued attacks on prominent, Black-led cities and its misuse of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to criminalize and terrorize citizens. The latest threat of deployment of ICE to New Orleans and the surrounding areas, with full support by Gov. Jeff Landry, comes amid historic-low crime rates for the city and during the height of the tourism and holiday seasons.…
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SPLC Wins Appeal for Expelled Cobb County Student Who Warned Peers About School Shooting
ATLANTA — In a key ruling on Friday, the Superior Court of Cobb County, Georgia, reversed the Cobb County Board of Education’s decision to expel a Black middle school student who was unlawfully expelled under a school disruption rule. The student, identified as G.D. and represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), challenged the expulsion after hearing of…
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