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Matt Coles on the Launch of Get Busy, Get EqualLearn
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ACLU LGBT Project Director Matt Coles talks about the fun and excitement that comes with working to pass local ordinances, the importantance of advocating for LGBT equality at the local level, and how success is possible. MP3
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The Scales of Secretive Justice at GuantánamoLearn
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Jamil Dakwar, Director of the ACLU's Human Rights Program, was in Guantánamo Bay from April 9 through 11, for the military commissions hearings of three detainees. He talks about the highlights of the week's hearings, the newly built "Camp Justice" facility and the outlook for these proceedings.
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Protecting Free Speech During for the Olympic Torch RelayLearn
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On April 9, 2008, the Olympic torch will make its only North American stop in San Francisco. As late as April 2, the details of the torch relay route, as well as the government’s plans for protestors, were under wraps. The ACLU of Northern California began pressuring the City to disclose this information. Michael Risher, staff attorney for the ACLU of Northern California, talks about the ACLU's efforts on behalf of both protestors and Olympic fans alike. MP3
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Jeremy Gunn on Odessa VictoryLearn
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On March 5, 2008, the Ector County School Board agreed to stop teaching a course in its public schools that unconstitutionally promotes a particular interpretation of the Bible that is not shared by Jews, Catholics, Orthodox Christians, and most Protestants. Jeremy Gunn, Director of the ACLU's Freedom of Religion and Belief Program, talks about the victory. MP3
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Eric Howard, a former prisoner who was incarcerated at the Limestone Correctional Facility in Harvest, Alabama, talks about the discrimination he faced as an inmate inside the prison’s HIV Unit. In this unit, HIV-positive men are segregated in housing behind barbed-wire fences, away from the general population. Their access to exercise, religious services, substance abuse programs, work opportunities, and community corrections programs was severely limited. MP3
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Challenging Grossly Inadequate Medical Care At Ely State PrisonLearn
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On March 6, 2008, the ACLU filed a lawsuit against the Nevada Department of Corrections, challenging the grossly inadequate medical care at Ely State Prison. A doctor retained by the ACLU to study inmates' medical records at Ely called the medical care there "the most shocking and callous disregard for human life and human suffering that I have ever encountered in the medical profession in my 35 years of practice."
Bonnie White, the mother of former Ely inmate Robert Estabrook, talks about her son's death at the prison.
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Margaret Winter, Associate Director of the ACLU's National Prison Project, talks about the ACLU's actions on behalf of Ely's inmates. MP3
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Brian Stull, Staff Attorney for the ACLU's Capital Punishment Project, talks about volunteerism for execution at Ely. MP3
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Discrimination Against HIV-Positive Inmates in AlabamaLearn
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Paulette Nicholas, a former prisoner who was incarcerated at the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka, Alabama, talks about the discrimination she faced as an inmate inside the prison’s HIV Unit. At the Tutwiler prison, female HIV-positive prisoners are housed separately, and until recently were given only the most limited access to programs and activities available to the general population. MP3
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Eric Howard, a former prisoner who was incarcerated at the Limestone Correctional Facility in Harvest, Alabama, talks about the discrimination he faced as an inmate inside the prison’s HIV Unit. In this unit, HIV-positive men are segregated in housing behind barbed-wire fences, away from the general population. Their access to exercise, religious services, substance abuse programs, work opportunities, and community corrections programs was severely limited. MP3
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