Court filing highlights one trans woman’s struggle for healthcare inside South Carolina's prison system
Sofia Cano is struggling.
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New report on Juvenile Justice conditions should shock the conscience of South Carolinians
The South Carolina General Assembly Legislative Audit Council (LAC) has issued a disturbing update to its audit of conditions in the S.C. Department of Juvenile Justice.
The following statement is from Allen Chaney, Legal Director for the ACLU of South Carolina:
Freed S.C. activist Brittany Martin continues her fight for justice
Brittany Martin, the South Carolina activist who was arrested at a protest following the police murder of George Floyd in 2020, has been released after serving years in prison.
Authors, librarians, and students call for an end to South Carolina’s book purge
Authors, teachers, librarians, students, and civil rights activists held a press conference December 2 calling for an end to the South Carolina Department of Education’s statewide book banning spree.
4 books facing statewide ban in South Carolina schools
A recently established book-banning committee will consider removing four books from all South Carolina public school classroom and library collections.
WHAT: Instructional Materials Review Committee meeting
ACLU-SC joins educators in opposing first round of statewide book bans
COLUMBIA – On Thursday, October 31, at 1 p.m., a subcommittee of the State Board of Education will embark on the first round of state-sponsored book bans. Of the 11 titles being challenged, an unknown reviewer recommended that 8 be banned and 3 be retained.