Bio
Will Matthews is the senior communications officer at the ACLU of Northern California, where he leads the strategic communications component of a statewide ACLU campaign to reform California’s criminal justice system. Previously he was the senior media relations associate at the ACLU’s national office in New York, where he primarily worked on the ACLU’s campaign to reduce over-incarceration. A graduate of Chapman University in Orange, Calif, and the recipient of the Master of Divinity degree from Vanderbilt University, Matthews formerly was an award-winning investigative reporter for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group.
Featured work
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Mar 11, 2014
CA Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom "Steps Up" for Marijuana Legalization
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Dec 10, 2012
The Incomplete Story Told by California’s Declining Juvenile Arrest Rates
Dec 19, 2011
ACLU in NYT: Commutations are Good, Addressing Systemic Injustice is Better
Dec 5, 2011
New York Times Highlights Urgent Need to Protect Immigration Detainees from Sexual Abuse
Nov 29, 2011
ACLU Lens: North Carolina Repeals Historic Legislation Combating Racism in Death Penalty
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Nov 23, 2011
ACLU Lens: Oregon Death Penalty Moratorium Latest Step Toward Abolition
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Nov 1, 2011
The Big Business of Inhumane Detention of Immigrants
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Oct 24, 2011
Immigration Detention: A Death Sentence for Far Too Many
Oct 11, 2011
Under ACLU Fire, Baca Running for Cover
Sep 29, 2011
ACLU Lens: Rachel Maddow Highlights ACLU Report on Abuse in Los Angeles Jails