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Travis County Should End Compliance With ICE’s “Secure Communities” Program
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Christian Broadcasting Network highlights problems with the for-profit prison model
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Over-incarceration nation, and Texas is leading the pack.
Read the Summer 2012 ACLU of Texas Newsletter ⇑
Take the quiz to test your knowledge. Then, as you go through the answers, find out what the ACLU of Texas is doing to lower incarceration rates in our great state.
1. The United States has about 5% of the world's population and holds what percentage of the world's prisoners?
a.10%
b.15%
c.25%-That's right. The "land of the free" has the highest incarceration rate in the world.
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Know Your Rights at the Polls
The Justice Department found that Texas's Photo Voter ID law discriminates against minority voters. Spread the word.
Early voting in the Texas primaries began May 14th, and we’ve been hearing from people around the state about the unprecedented level of confusion among voters, media, and even election officials over the Photo Voter ID law that was passed by the Texas Legislatur
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