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2020 Year in Review: Advocating to End the Torture of Incarcerated Pregnant People

We are thrilled that the South Carolina Legislature has ended this cruel and inhumane practice, greatly increasing the likelihood of positive outcomes for incarcerated parents and their newborn children.

December 29, 2020

2020 Year in Review: Defending Access to the Polls on Election Day

For the past 50 years, the ACLU of South Carolina has worked to ensure access to the ballot. This year, in the face of one of the most consequential elections of our lifetime, we expanded this work to ensure that every vote counted.

December 28, 2020

2020 Year in Review: Every Vote Should Count

The court order and the directive assured hundreds of voters that their votes would count.

December 27, 2020

2020 Year in Review: Campaigning for Policing Reforms in the Charleston County Sheriff’s Race

Charleston County voters chose a platform that will address head-on the disproportionate burden our system places on Black, Brown, Indigenous, and poor people.

December 26, 2020

2020 Year in Review: Holding Police Accountable for Violence Against Protestors

There is a stark difference between the image and reality of law enforcement in South Carolina. Seven months after numerous law enforcement agencies brutalized people protesting police brutality in Charleston, the agencies still refuse to hold themselves accountable.

December 22, 2020

2020 Year in Review: Advocating for Disability and Workers’ Rights

Across the nation, nursing homes with predominantly Black and Latinx residents are twice as likely to suffer the impacts of COVID-19 as those with predominantly white populations.

December 21, 2020