The ACLU of South Dakota supported Senate Concurrent Resolution 7, legislation that would have created a task force to study and make legislative proposals regarding alternatives to incarceration for those convicted of the crime of ingestion of controlled substances.

The ACLU of South Dakota opposes Senate Bill 19, legislation that would repeal presumptive probation.

If passed, this legislation would repeal presumptive probation, originally instituted with a series of criminal justice reforms during the 2013 legislative session. Presumptive probation allows low-level offenders to rehabilitate their lives without adding to our overcrowded prison population.

The ACLU of South Dakota supports the creation of a task force to study and make legislative proposals regarding alternatives to incarceration for those convicted of the crime of ingestion of controlled substances.

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