In our Justice for All report released last year, the Task Force on Justice noted that 1.5 billion people had a justice problem that they could not resolve. Now, as well as before the pandemic, marginalized communities – already poorly served by justice systems – face the highest risks, as do vulnerable groups. The pandemic…
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Advocates and parents worry about the safety of undocumented youth being held in two Pacific Northwest facilities. While the plight of adults and migrant children in federal custody has received some attention, undocumented teenagers with troubled pasts and held by ICE in secretive facilities have largely been obscured from view. Read more here.
“Because of the public health and safety risk presented by this virus at a jail facility, we believe that further action is needed, above and beyond the measures taken to date,” reads an April 10 letter to city and county leaders in the criminal justice system from the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, Columbia…
Tribal governments were supposed to get $8 billion in direct emergency relief from the CARES Act, the $2 trillion COVID-19 stimulus bill that became law on March 27. More than a month later, they haven’t gotten any of it. Read more here.
