“Housing and Support, Not Involuntary Commitment” July 25, 2025 JACKSON, MS – Disability Rights Mississippi (DRMS) is deeply concerned by the new executive order authorizing increased involuntary commitment of people experiencing homelessness, including individuals with psychiatric disabilities. This […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 15, 2025 DISABILITY ADVOCATES RELEASE REPORT ON CRISIS IN UNLICENSED PERSONAL CARE HOMES, DELIVER TO STATE LEGISLATURE JACKSON, Mississippi — Disability Rights Mississippi (DRMS) has released a new public report, “Unlicensed Personal Care Homes […]
DISABILITY ADVOCATES COMMENT ON APPEAL OF MISSISSIPPI MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM CASE JACKSON, Mississippi — Disability Rights Mississippi (DRMS) finds the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision to overturn the lower court order requiring Mississippi to make changes […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 26, 2023 CONTACT: Ashley Levett, ashley.levett@splcenter.org ACLU Media, media@aclu.org Candi Richardson, comms@aclu-ms.org Jane Walton, jwalton@drms.ms Mandesha Thornton, mthornton@mscenterforjustice.org Shannon Augustus, saugustus@lwv.org Federal Court Blocks Implementation of Mississippi’s New Voting Law JACKSON, Miss. — A […]
Lawsuit challenges bill that blocks most Mississippians from helping friends, neighbors deliver absentee ballots JACKSON, Miss. — The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Mississippi Center for Justice, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), ACLU-MS and Disability Rights Mississippi (DRMS) […]