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SPLC, ACLU and Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center Secure Settlement for Family on Police Excessive Force Case
NEW ORLEANS — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Louisiana and the Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center announced that they have reached a financial settlement for Wesley Pigott and his children. The agreement offers resolve to the family after Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Paul Gintz pulled…
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Mills v. Connelly, et al.
The Southern Poverty Law Center, along with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Louisiana’s Justice Lab, the Social Justice Legal Foundation (SJLF) and the law firm of Hueston Hennigan LLP, provided legal representation to Nia Mills, a Black woman subjected to prolonged detention, extensive property searches and ongoing emotional harm when West Baton Rouge…
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Women’s CARE Act would support incarcerated pregnant people in Alabama
Women who are pregnant and in prison often miss out on important prenatal care. They face increased risks of infection and complications in these unsanitary facilities. Sometimes, they even end up giving birth behind bars when corrections officers ignore or dismiss their obvious signs of labor. Advocates with the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Alabama state…
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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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