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As COVID-19 Cases Increase in Arizona, Local Sheriffs Must Take Initiative to Contain the Spread
Problematic even before the pandemic devastated Arizona, participation in 287(g) agreements now carries deadly consequences for people in the jails, employees and people detained alike, as well as surrounding communities.
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COVID-19 Cases are Increasing Across Arizona Detention Centers. ICE Must Release Them All.
ICE's failure to decrease the number of people in their facilities has created a crisis akin to a tinderbox, ready to explode.
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ACLU of Arizona to host virtual roundtable featuring state and community leaders.
The ACLU of Arizona will host a virtual roundtable "Confined During a Pandemic: Public Health is Public Safety" featuring state and community leaders.
By Smart Justice Arizona
Reducing prison population during pandemic is a matter of public health, not politics
The nationwide call to decarcerate jails and prisons to combat COVID-19 is not a matter of politics, as Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel argued in a recent opinion editorial, but of fact.
By Smart Justice Arizona
Here's What Happened at the ACLU of Arizona County Attorney Candidate Townhall.
The Maricopa County Attorney is the most powerful person in Arizona’s criminal legal system. This elected position sets the policies and procedures that all prosecutors in its office must follow. They decide who goes to prison and for how long.
By Smart Justice Arizona
Here’s What Happened at the ACLU of Arizona County Attorney Candidate Townhall
Last week, I moderated a candidate townhall featuring candidates running for Maricopa County Attorney.
By Khalil Rushdan
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