Last week, the ABA unanimously adopted 10 guidelines on ending debtors’ prisons and other practices that criminalize poor people. Last year, Attorney General Jeff Sessions signaled federal government retrenchment on [...]
As we fight for gender justice in America, here’s some inspiration from around the world. “You’ve come a long way, baby.” That was a slogan of my youth. It was a marketing [...]
All criminal defendants have a right to speak at their sentencing, yet one Ohio judge decided to silence a young Black defendant with duct tape. Franklyn Williams is a 32-year-old [...]
Momentum for a progressive prosecutorial revolution is building. This week, voters in St. Louis County sent a clear message of support for the creation of a smarter justice system. In [...]
Private prison company GEO Group, which helps the Trump administration lock up immigrants, can’t sue critics for exercising their free speech rights. It has been a rough week for the [...]
A new report released by the NYCLU and ACLU reveals how “nuisance ordinances” hurt vulnerable tenants who need police assistance In March 2016, Fulton, New York, police received a call [...]
Judge orders administration to 'turn the plane around' and temporarily blocks deportations of asylum seekers fleeing sexual and gang violence. The ACLU and the Trump administration squared off in court [...]
Memphis police collecting data on activists reminds us they did this decades ago in the Civil Rights Movement. A lawsuit by the ACLU of Tennessee recently produced evidence that Memphis [...]
What Wesley Bell’s primary victory in St. Louis could mean for criminal justice reform in America. On Tuesday, in what will go down as one of the most stunning political [...]
For-profit incarceration in Montana has failed people in prison and taxpayers. Gov. Bullock renewed private prison operator CoreCivic’s contract. In November 2017, Gov. Steve Bullock convened a special legislative session [...]
