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Lobby Congress and State Offices to advance or defend Civil Liberties.
File cases in both State and Federal court.
Communicate with supporters on Civil Liberty issues.
Defend Civil Liberties in not only the courts but public opinion and politics too.

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Capital Punishment
Criminal Law Reform
Disability Rights
Free Speech
HIV
Human Rights
Immigrants' Rights
Juvenile Justice
LGBT Rights
National Security
Prisoners' Rights
Privacy and Technology
Racial Justice
Religious Liberty
Reproductive Freedom
Smart Justice
Voting Rights
Women's Rights

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Shifted from punishment to rehabilitation yet this was not very successful. Most states will stop putting debtors in prison which turned out to be very successful.

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Louis Dwight spread the Auburn system to jails throughout America and added salvation and Sabbath School to expand penitence.

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In 1821, a disaster in Auburn Prison took place in which many of eighty men being locked down in solitary committed suicide. This shocked the governor in to pardoning criminals and caused a reversion in Auburn to a strict disciplinary approach.

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Superintendent at Eastern Lunatic Asylum, the first publicly supported psychiatric hospital in America.

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Dr. Galt had revolutionary ideas for treating the mentally ill, based on the conviction hat they had dignity. His approaches included "talk therapy," the use of drugs, and outplacement as opposed to permanent imprisonment.

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Thomas Gallaudet co-founded the first institution for deaf and dumb education in America.The American School for the Deaf was established in 1817 in Hartford, Connecticut.

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Prisons were overflowing with all people who committed any kind of offense, including children and families. In addition, inhabitants were severely mistreated and abused.

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Most areas of reform were led by the Second Great Awakening and the feeling that things could be improved. A renewed value in salvation by good works and following the teachings of God inspired many to shift the goal of prisons from punishment to rehabilitation. In addition, children were moved to juvenile detention centers, and most states stopped putting debtors in prison.

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Dorothea Dix was an activist for the mentally handicap. She worked towards improving the way the mentally handicap were treated. Dix was extremely successful in changing the way people looked at and treated  the mentally ill; 15 states would open new hospitals and asylums because of her work.