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By Kara Dansky, Senior Counsel, ACLU Center for Justice

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News & Commentary
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Not Having a Roof Over Your Head Can Mean Jail Time: The Criminalization of Homelessness

Kilee Lowe was sitting in a park when cops picked her up and booked her into jail overnight.
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Jail Doesn't Help Addicts. Let's Stop Sending Them There.

Misti Barrickman has scoliosis. Since she was a teenager, it's been debilitating. It hurt to lie down. It hurt to stand up.