Steven Brown has dedicated more than three decades to serving as the executive director of the Rhode Island affiliate of the ...

Voters don’t just prefer preventative policies— they also reject the notion that punitive measures make communities safe. In ...

The ACLU of Alaska is suing Governor Mike Dunleavy and two DOC employees for the failure, saying it ‘endangers the health, ...

In a public message released Friday, the ACLU said New Jersey must use its FY26 budget to serve as a “firewall” against what it described as federal attacks on health, rights, and justice. The ...

A class-action lawsuit is challenging a 2024 Georgia law that requires those accused of offenses such as trespassing and failure to appear in court to pay cash bail.

ATLANTA — A class-action lawsuit filed Friday is challenging a law passed in 2024 requiring people accused of minor criminal offenses such as trespassing and failure to appear in court to pay ...

But the ACLU does not agree with holding those accused ... Knight said she had to raise money to pay the bonds and to bury her son at the same time. Now she still need money for her son’s ...

and deepen the state’s reliance on money bail that punishes poverty. “This is not bail reform,” said Nick Hudson, a senior policy and advocacy strategist with the ACLU. “It’s a rollback ...

The ACLU argued that cutting funding and slashing ... Congress gets to decide what the laws are and the 'power of the purse,' what we spend money on. And the executive is supposed to enforce ...

The ACLU of Connecticut and some Democratic lawmakers want to strengthen state law to provide more protections for immigrants. Connecticut law restricts cooperation between local law enforcement ...