Smart Justice

The ACLU’s Campaign for Smart Justice has played a leading role in building an unprecedented nationwide movement to end mass incarceration.

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Nevada deserves a justice system rooted in fairness, not fear. For too long, mass incarceration has devastated families and drained public resources without actually making our communities any safer. When punishment replaces rehabilitation, everyone loses.

ACLU’s Smart Justice campaign works to reduce mass incarceration and transform the criminal legal system. We’re fighting to reduce prison populations, end cash bail, expand access to treatment, and ensure that second chances are real.

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News & Commentary
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Nevada state Senate passes crime bill after adding immigration-focused amendment

Tuesday brought a plot twist to the Nevada State Legislature and Gov. Joe Lombardo’s sweeping crime bill, with the introduction of an amendment adding provisions that would protect students from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and a brand new bill whose language mirrors two key components of the crime bill.
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Civil Rights Advocates React to Senate Passage of Lombardo Crime Bill

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Civil Rights Advocates React to Assembly Passage of Governor’s Crime Bill

Assembly terminates telephonic testimony for public but remote votes allowed for vacationing legislators
Issue Areas: Smart Justice
News & Commentary
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The curious case of the immigration resolution that immigrant advocates don’t want

Assembly Concurrent Resolution 5 would order a legislative study on immigration enforcement operations in the state. It is not expected to be heard or passed, and behind the scenes became a flashpoint for advocates and lawmakers who wanted to see more done to safeguard immigrant families in the wake of large-scale immigration sweeps.
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Mar 2024

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