ACLU
Sunday, December 11, 2011
ACLU ACLU, Canyon County Locked in Jail Disagreement
Posted by George Prentice on Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 11:20 PM
The new year may see a new lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union against Canyon County over unsanitary and overcrowded jail conditions.
ACLU of Idaho Executive Director Monica Hopkins told the Idaho Press Tribune that her organization is poised to drag Canyon County back into court after new complaints of overcrowding and other problems.
The county was sued in 2009 for the same problems, but a two-year consent decree was mediated with county officials promising to fix the problems. The decree expires in January.
Dana Maxfield, Canyon County's Jail Security Services administrator, told the Press Tribune that the new allegations of overcrowding are false and any maintenance problems are fixed properly.
Monday, June 21, 2010
ACLU An Ugly Reminder...
Posted by George Prentice on Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 3:36 PM
... that racism is alive and not so well in Northern Idaho. The executive director of Coeur d’Alene’s Human Rights Institute says she found a noose hanging at her home, the second such incident since September. Rachel Dolezal, who is black, says she’s been a target of a series of hate-based vandalism at her homes in Coeur d’Alene and Spokane, Wash.
Amy Herzfeld, executive director of the Boise-based Idaho Human Rights Education Center says the incidents “underscore the importance of their (the Human Rights Institute) work.”
And the Treasure Valley isn't immune. Herzfeld sites this past February’s flurry of racist fliers found near Boise State University, Boise High School and the downtown YMCA.
Other Treasure Valley hate crimes in recent memory include a swastika carved on the door of the Idaho Black History Museum in April 2002 and vandalism to the Anne Frank Memorial in May of 2007. Meanwhile, the Coeur d’Alene Police Department has opened up an investigation into a possible hate crime at Dolezal’s home.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
civil liberties / ACLU ACLU hires new director
Posted by Nathaniel Hoffman on Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 9:21 AM
Monica Hopkins, who has worked in several local nonprofit organizations, will take the helm at the American Civil Liberties of Idaho on Dec. 1.
“The work of the ACLU has never been more relevant, and I am deeply honored and humbled to lead the ACLU’s efforts throughout our state,” Hopkins said, in a press release.
After moving to Boise from San Francisco in 1997, Hopkins worked as Director of Development for Planned Parenthood of Idaho and Executive Director of the Fund for Idaho, a progressive grantmaking foundation. As the Director of Development & Communications for the Friends of Zoo Boise, she completed a $3.7 million capital campaign to build an African Plains Exhibit, increased membership by 23%, and updated the organization’s technology and communications practices.
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