MS BILL 1020

The ACLU of Mississippi Executive Director Jarvis Dortch released the following statement about HB 1020:

“Here is the issue – lawmakers from majority white districts are proposing legislation that would significantly impact the majority Black population of Jackson, without consulting their representatives. This is a direct threat to the freedom of the Capital City and a parallel to Jim Crow era political schemes.

Citizens should be able to hold judges and prosecutors accountable for their actions, but HB 1020 does not allow that right. It creates a new judicial district, filled with judges and prosecutors who are appointed by the white Chief Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court.

HB 1020 creates a city within a city, and that is not crime prevention. Instead of using more Jackson tax dollars to fund the expansion of the CCID and the creation of a new judicial district, lawmakers could fund mental health and re-entry programs, which are proven to decrease incarceration.

HB 1020 is an undemocratic plan, that further aids voter disenfranchisement and police state practices.​”

ACLU of Mississippi Executive Director, Jarvis Dortch

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