Press Releases

Oct 06, 2015

ACLU Comment on First Release of Federal Prisoners After Changes in Draconian Drug Laws

WASHINGTON, DC – The Department of Justice announced that 6,000 federal prisoners will be released between October 30 and November 2, some to halfway houses.They are eligible for...

Issue Areas: Smart Justice Criminal Law Reform

Oct 06, 2015

Lawsuit Challenges Benton County’s Modern-Day Debtors’ Prison

Suit Says County Violates Constitution by Jailing People Who Are Too Poor to Pay Court-Imposed Debts

Issue Areas: Smart Justice Racial Justice

Court case: Fuentes v. Benton County

Oct 01, 2015

ACLU Comment on Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act Introduction

NEW YORK — In response to the introduction by Senators Chuck Grassley and Richard Durbin of the bipartisan and comprehensive Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act, Anthony D. Rom...

Issue Areas: Smart Justice

Oct 01, 2015

ACLU Announces Lawsuit Against Catholic Hospital System for Failing to Provide Emergency Medical Care to Pregnant Women

DETROIT — The American Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan announced a federal lawsuit today filed on behalf of their members against Trinity...

Sep 30, 2015

Lead Supreme Court Marriage Equality Plaintiff Jim Obergefell Writes Open Letter to Defiant Clerk Kim Davis

“Do Not Stand in the Way of Others Seeking Their Legal Right to Have Their Love Recognized”

Court case: Miller v. Davis

Sep 30, 2015

ACLU Comment on Education Secretary's Call to Invest in Teachers Instead of Prisons

WASHINGTON — U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan gave a speech at the National Press Club calling upon the country to invest in teachers instead of prisons. He said it was time ...

Issue Areas: Racial Justice

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