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Apr 22, 2020

Nearly 100,000 more people could die from COVID-19 in jails and surrounding communities if states fail to reduce jail populations. The time to act is now!

South Carolina’s jails and prisons alike have too often become our society’s solutions for people struggling with homelessness and mental health or substance use...

Apr 21, 2020

We're Suing for Release of Incarcerated People Most Vulnerable to COVID-19

On April 9, we sent a ...

Apr 19, 2020

It's Time for South Carolina to Change its Marijuana Laws

A new ACLU report released today documents how South Carolina’s marijuana laws needlessly ensnare tens of thousands of people -- disproportionately Black people -- in its criminal justice system every year...

Apr 16, 2020

Law Enforcement Can Help Limit the Spread of COVID-19 + Toolkit for Community Action

Covid-19 is spreading in prisons and jails throughout the United States and South Carolina is...

Apr 8, 2020

If COVID-19 Doesn’t Discriminate, Then Why Are Black People Dying at Higher Rates?

ReNika Moore, Director, ACLU's Racial Justice Program

COVID-19 is ravaging...

ReNika Moore, Director, ACLU's Racial Justice Program

COVID-19 is ravaging...

Customers in masks line up outside a grocery store in Brooklyn, NY, waiting to enter after other shoppers have left, because of social distancing efforts during the coronavirus outbreak.

Apr 1, 2020

Probation and Parole Officers Should Do Their Part to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 in South Carolina

According to a statement released by the National Association of Probation Executives and 50 current and former probation and parole executives from across the country, probation and parole agents should “...