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        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2022 12:13:59 -0400</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Releasing people from prison is about humanity — during the pandemic and after it]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.aclu-nj.org/news/2022/03/14/releasing-people-prison-about-humanity-during-pandemic-and-a</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[Early releases from prison in NJ — projected at over 8,000 from March 2020 to March 2022 — saved lives and showed the urgent need for decarceration. Recidivism rates were also lower.]]></description>
                    <author>apeltzman@aclu-nj.org</author>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2022 12:13:59 -0400</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Court Grants Final Approval of Settlement that Reforms Special Education Services in New Jersey Prisons, Negotiated Relief Now Takes Effect]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.aclu-nj.org/news/2022/03/03/court-grants-final-approval-settlement-reforms-special-educa</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[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. ]]></description>
                    <author>mraposo@aclu-nj.org</author>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2022 15:13:19 -0500</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[A Student’s Journey: Fighting for Education Rights while in Prison]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.aclu-nj.org/news/2022/03/03/students-journey-fighting-education-rights-while-prison</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[Young people with disabilities have a legal right to a free and appropriate public education, even when they are incarcerated. But for years, the educational needs of high school students in New Jersey’s state prisons were not being met. That’s changing now, and Brian Y. is a big reason why.  ]]></description>
                    <author>koh@aclu-nj.org</author>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2022 12:26:00 -0500</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Report: New Jersey Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Prisons are Worst in the Nation]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.aclu-nj.org/news/2021/10/19/report-new-jersey-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-prisons-are</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[New report From The Sentencing Project shows Black residents in New Jersey are incarcerated at a rate over twelve times that of whites, higher than the national average.]]></description>
                    <author>mraposo@aclu-nj.org</author>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2021 09:09:54 -0400</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[ACLU-NJ and Garden State Equality to County Jails: Follow the Law and House Transgender People According to Gender Identity]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.aclu-nj.org/news/2021/09/02/aclu-nj-and-garden-state-equality-county-jails-follow-law-an</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[Advocates remind facilities of obligations under Law Against Discrimination and urge adoption of new policy]]></description>
                    <author>mraposo@aclu-nj.org</author>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2021 12:28:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Court Preliminarily Approves Landmark Settlement That Improves Special Education Services in New Jersey State Prisons]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.aclu-nj.org/news/2021/08/11/court-preliminarily-approves-landmark-settlement-improves-sp</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[The case, Adam X. et al. v. New Jersey Department of Corrections and Department of Education et al., was filed in January 2017 and offers a national example for special education services in prison.]]></description>
                    <author>koh@aclu-nj.org</author>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2021 09:36:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Groups Sue Biden Administration To Halt Illegal Transfer of Immigrant Detainees in New Jersey]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.aclu-nj.org/news/2021/06/30/groups-sue-biden-administration-halt-illegal-transfer-immigr</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[The ACLU filed its first immigration challenge against the Biden administration to block long-distance transfers of people detained by ICE in NJ.]]></description>
                    <author>apeltzman@aclu-nj.org</author>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2021 09:27:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[New Jersey Moves Toward Universal Representation for All Detained Immigrants]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.aclu-nj.org/news/2021/06/29/new-jersey-moves-toward-universal-representation-all-detaine</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[NJ Coalition for Immigrant Representation Applauds Increase in Funding for Detention and Deportation Defense in FY2022 State Budget ]]></description>
                    <author>mraposo@aclu-nj.org</author>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2021 17:01:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Settlement of NJ Civil Rights Suit Promises Necessary Reform Affirming Transgender, Intersex, and Non-Binary People in Prison]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.aclu-nj.org/news/2021/06/29/settlement-nj-civil-rights-suit-promises-necessary-reform-af</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[NJ is adopting major policy reforms regarding transgender, intersex, and non-binary people in state prisons, the result of a civil rights suit from a woman forced to live in men's prisons.]]></description>
                    <author>apeltzman@aclu-nj.org</author>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2021 06:11:17 -0400</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[ACLU-NJ Statement on Women's Prison Report and Closure Announcement]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.aclu-nj.org/news/2021/06/07/aclu-nj-statement-womens-prison-report-and-closure-announcem</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[The ACLU-NJ issued the following statement today concerning the release of a
report investigating Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women, the state's only women's prison, and the announcement by Gov. Phil Murphy of plans to close the Edna Mahan and relocate people to a new facility or other facilities.]]></description>
                    <author>koh@aclu-nj.org</author>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2021 19:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
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