Today, Campaign Zero is launching Labeled for Life: a national campaign to end gang enhancement laws and dismantle the databases that sustain them. Across 37 states and Washington D.C., people can spend decades in prison not for what they did, but for who police say they are. Gang enhancement laws allow prosecutors to pile on…
Crime-Free Housing Programs (CFHPs) and Criminal Activity Nuisance Ordinances (CANOs) don’t fight crime—they punish renters. These policies destabilize communities across the United States, pushing people out of their homes through unjust evictions. Campaign Zero is raising awareness about these programs, advocating for their abolition, and promoting restorative housing solutions that serve tenants and landlords alike.…
Qualified immunity protects the police from civil liability when they violate an individual’s constitutional rights.