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Money Can Be Saved on Prisons Without Diminishing Public Safety, ACLU of Texas Tells Lawmakers (02/25/2003)
AUSTIN, TX--In testimony today before the Texas House Corrections Committee, the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas said that the state's prisons have become too expensive because the system incarcerates too many non-violent offenders who should be home supporting their families.

ACLU Urges Congress to Prevent Unfair Eviction of Innocent Tenants, Domestic Violence Victims (06/18/2002)
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union today urged support in Congress for legislation to protect innocent tenants - including victims of domestic violence - from being unfairly evicted under a misguided policy that revokes eligibility for public housing tenants because of the wrongdoing of others.

ACLU Urges End to Discriminatory Crack vs. Powder Cocaine Sentencing Disparity, Restore Rationality to Sentencing Policy (05/22/2002)
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union today urged a Senate subcommittee to support the repeal of dramatic disparities in sentencing policy between crack and powder cocaine, saying that sentences for crack offenses are extraordinarily and unnecessarily harsh and must be lessened. 

Calling Administration Position Extreme, ACLU Urges Rational End to Discriminatory Cocaine Sentencing Disparity (03/19/2002)
WASHINGTON -- The American Civil Liberties Union today urged the United States Sentencing Commission to redouble its efforts to abolish the dramatic disparities in sentencing policy between crack and powder cocaine, and called the Administration's proposal to lessen the disparity by increasing powder sentences "extreme."