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Failure to reduce jail population is the Achilles heel for the efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S.
OKLAHOMA CITY - After last week’s announcement that 404 people would return home from prison on 4/16, the Pardon and Parole Board dashed that expectation during their business meeting on 4/13.
OKLAHOMA CITY - After weeks of advocacy from a bipartisan coalition including the ACLU of Oklahoma, Governor Stitt announced a bold first step to address COVID-19 in the face of Oklahoma’s incarceration crisis.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Yesterday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma launched a television ad campaign urging state and local officials to release people who are elderly and medically vulnerable from prisons and jails.
In response to Governor Stitt’s announcement to suspend abortions for Oklahomans because he considers them “elective procedures”, despite being, an essential and constitutionally legal health care practice, the ACLU of Oklahoma issued the following response.
OKLAHOMA CITY — In response to the advancement of SB 1859, an unconstitutional bill that bans abortion care at six weeks, the ACLU of Oklahoma issued the following response.
The following is attributable to Nicole McAfee, Director of Policy and Advocacy: