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Originally posted by Cerek the Barbaric:
In regards to the A.C.L.U. waiting to decide if they will file a lawsuit or not - that highlights one of the biggest flaws in thier organization. All of the prisoners at Lawtey chose to stay there, so there rights are not being violated. They were given the opportunity to transfer if they wanted to. Those that are there now obviously wanted to stay at that facility, so I don't see that the A.C.L.U. has any reason to come in and file a lawsuit on their behalf. But in doing stuff like this - going in and filing lawsuits they claim are based on discrimination, the A.C.L.U. actually ends up creating more racial tensions than resolving them. Don't get me wrong, there are times when a person's rights have been violated and the A.C.L.U. is a staunch ally for them, but there are also plenty of times when the action(s) taken have nothing to do with race or any other discriminatory factor, but the A.C.L.U. comes in and files a frivolous lawsuit anyway. By doing this, they just increase (or at least perpetuate) any racial or discriminatory tensions that already existed. [/QB]
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But one of the ACLU's mandates, if I'm not mistaken, is to also defend the consititution, not just peoples rights. I have misgivings about this faith-based prison idea, as it could cross the line of the government establishing religion. I think the ACLU taking a wait and see attitude is the right move on this.