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As a result of the Public Health Emergency Credit Law and the legal advocacy that preceded it, more than 8,200 people will be released early from prison and jail.
The organization has hired a deputy director and chief operating officer, director of finance, and deputy policy director, bringing full-time staff to 30 strong.
In comments to the NJ Attorney General, ACLU-NJ and partners caution against the uniquely dangerous threats to civil liberties and racial justice that facial recognition technology poses.
ACLU-NJ recommends further funding for pandemic relief, rental assistance, and universal representation and calls for inclusive process in determining how cannabis community reinvestment dollars are spent.
The case, Adam X. et al. v. New Jersey Department of Corrections and Department of Education et al., was filed in January 2017. The settlement offers a national model for special education services in prison.
New Jersey advocates for immigrants’ rights came together in a virtual panel to call for lawmakers to pass the Values Act (S512/A1986), legislation that aims to end New Jersey’s participation in the federal detention and deportation machine. View the event r