The South Carolina General Assembly Legislative Audit Council (LAC) has issued a disturbing update to its audit of conditions in the S.C. Department of Juvenile Justice.
The following statement is from Allen Chaney, Legal Director for the ACLU of South Carolina:
Brittany Martin, the South Carolina activist who was arrested at a protest following the police murder of George Floyd in 2020, has been released after serving years in prison.
Authors, teachers, librarians, students, and civil rights activists held a press conference December 2 calling for an end to the South Carolina Department of Education’s statewide book banning spree.
A recently established book-banning committee will consider removing four books from all South Carolina public school classroom and library collections.
WHAT: Instructional Materials Review Committee meeting
COLUMBIA – On Thursday, October 31, at 1 p.m., a subcommittee of the State Board of Education will embark on the first round of state-sponsored book bans. Of the 11 titles being challenged, an unknown reviewer recommended that 8 be banned and 3 be retained.
COLUMBIA — The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles (SCDMV) has unlawfully denied young, eligible South Carolinians the opportunity to register to vote, an ACLU of South Carolina inquiry has found.