Understanding our impact. The SPLC is marking another year of important impacts we've been able to make with the help of our generous supporters and partners, through a collection of data and reporting available in a brand new home on our website. Read Report.Decriminalizing and Decarcerating Black and Brown People. The SPLC aims to reduce the overall number of adults and juveniles incarcerated in prisons, jails, and juvenile and immigrant detention centers in the Deep South. We work to reform local policies and practices that unjustly criminalize people of color. Last year marked an unprecedented investment by the SPLC in securing criminal justice reform across the South, as we ... freed over 20,000 people from immigrant detention centers through orders related to our Fraihat v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement(ICE) litigation that mandated ICE's pandemic response requirements to keep people safe from COVID-19 infection and release all medically vulnerable people from detention... won the release of 167 people from the Alabama and Mississippi prison systems as well as ICE detention. We provided direct services on asylum claims for 62 people. And we collectively represented over 94,000 incarcerated people in class action litigation to remedy inhumane prison and detention conditions.... prompted Department of Justice investigation into a predictive policing program in Pasco County, Florida, following our coalition organizing and collective advocacy... helped permanently shutter Georgia's Irwin County Detention Center in response to widely reported medical abuse against women. The Department of Justice announced an investigation into ICE's New Orleans region following numerous complaints we filed with the DHS inspector general citing widespread torture and abuse. These victories are just a few examples of the groundbreaking progress the SPLC and our partners made in 2021. To learn more about the transformative change that you made possible, view the full impact report here.Read ReportImpact By The Numbers. 197,000+ people represented through class action litigation. 34 cases actively litigated to decriminalize and decarcerate Black and Brown people. 45+ organizations partnered with through advocacy coalitions.

Read reportThe country needs our work now more than ever. With your help, we expanded our work for justice and equity and supported the rights and dignity of those most harmed by systemic oppression. We are so proud of the results reported in our 2021 Impact Report - results that are only possible thanks to your generosity and support. Please make a special gift to the SPLC today to empower our mission for racial justice and maximize our collective impact in 2022. Donate now.




 
 
 
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