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Jun 22, 2021

Justice for All Coalition Releases Plan for Building a Safer and More Just County Public Safety System in Charleston County

Today Charleston-area advocates, the Justice for All Coalition, sent a memo to Charleston County leaders outlining a series of reforms that each entity must take to make Charleston County safer and more just...
Today Charleston-area advocates, the Justice for All Coalition, sent a memo to Charleston County leaders outlining a series of reforms that each entity must take to make Charleston County safer and more just...
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ACLU SC_2009-05 SC Statehouse 01-cropped.jpg
Jun 21, 2021

SC Lawmakers Must Reject the South Carolina Healthcare Denial Act

Today a SC Senate Medical Affairs Sub-Committee heard some testomony (they cut off testimony before we could all speak) on S.811, a bill that would give medical...

Today a SC Senate Medical Affairs Sub-Committee heard some testomony (they cut off testimony before we could all speak) on S.811, a bill that would give medical...

religion
religion
Jun 17, 2021

We Must End the War on Drugs (and the Vast Majority of Americans Agree!)

Fifty years ago today, the U.S. government launched a seemingly endless war on its people. The “war on drugs” has funneled hundreds of billions of dollars into policing and prisons. It has helped turn America...
Fifty years ago today, the U.S. government launched a seemingly endless war on its people. The “war on drugs” has funneled hundreds of billions of dollars into policing and prisons. It has helped turn America...
Black image with white text reading "Campaign for Safe and Just Communities. It's Time to Rethink Public Safety in South Carolina." White ACLU SC logo in bottom right corner.
Black image with white text reading "Campaign for Safe and Just Communities. It's Time to Rethink Public Safety in South Carolina." White ACLU SC logo in bottom right corner.
May 25, 2021

Bringing Mobile Justice to South Carolina

Jamal Sutherland, George Floyd, and Walter Scott should be alive today. We know their names despite the system’s best efforts to cover up or hide the truth. We know their names because their killings at the...
Jamal Sutherland, George Floyd, and Walter Scott should be alive today. We know their names despite the system’s best efforts to cover up or hide the truth. We know their names because their killings at the...
mobile justice
mobile justice
May 20, 2021

2021 ACLU of South Carolina Post Session Report

Want to learn more about our work to protect our basic rights and liberties at the legislature? Read our summary of the legislation that the ACLU of South Carolina engaged on during this session.
Want to learn more about our work to protect our basic rights and liberties at the legislature? Read our summary of the legislation that the ACLU of South Carolina engaged on during this session.
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session
May 18, 2021

ACLU Asks Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to Investigate Discriminatory Effects of South Carolina’s Return to In Person Work Mandate

ACLU Announces Partial Victory in Related Litigation after Lead Plaintiff Granted Exemption and Governor Shifts Position
ACLU Announces Partial Victory in Related Litigation after Lead Plaintiff Granted Exemption and Governor Shifts Position
return to in person work
return to in person work