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Jan 24, 2011
ACLU Releases Report on Immigrant Detention in Otero County
LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Today, the ACLU of New Mexico Regional Center for Border Rights (RCBR) released the report Outsourcing Responsibility: The Human Cost of Privatized Immigration Detention in Otero County detailing inhumane detention practices in the Otero County Processing Center in Chaparral, N.M. RCBR Program Coordinator Emily Carey, the report's author, compiled the information from numerous site visits and over 40 interviews with current and past detainees.
By Micah McCoy
May 12, 2010
Civil Rights Suit Secures Essential Mental Health Care for Detainees
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By Micah McCoy
May 12, 2010
ACLU and CYFD Reach Agreement on Juvenile Justice Facilities
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AGREEMENT - THE WAY FORWARD
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2009 AGREEMENT BETWEEN CYFD AND THE ACLU
By Micah McCoy
May 12, 2010
LCPD to Expand Training to Assist Persons with Mental Disabilities
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The mission of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico is to maintain and advance the cause of civil liberties within the state of New Mexico, with particular emphasis on the freedom of religion, speech, press, association, and assemblage, and the right to vote, due process of law and equal protection of law, and to take any legitimate action in the furtherance and defense of such purposes. These objectives shall be sought wholly without political partisanship.
By Micah McCoy
May 12, 2010
ACLU Sues Clayton Private Prison on Behalf of Seven Inmates
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The mission of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico is to maintain and advance the cause of civil liberties within the state of New Mexico, with particular emphasis on the freedom of religion, speech, press, association, and assemblage, and the right to vote, due process of law and equal protection of law, and to take any legitimate action in the furtherance and defense of such purposes. These objectives shall be sought wholly without political partisanship.
By Micah McCoy
May 12, 2010
ACLU Commends New Mexico Legislature on Passing Bill to Abolish the Death Penalty
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The mission of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico is to maintain and advance the cause of civil liberties within the state of New Mexico, with particular emphasis on the freedom of religion, speech, press, association, and assemblage, and the right to vote, due process of law and equal protection of law, and to take any legitimate action in the furtherance and defense of such purposes. These objectives shall be sought wholly without political partisanship.
By Micah McCoy
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