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Jul 26, 2019

Sharee Miller was fired for reporting severe abuse of fellow inmates. Under this new settlement, prisoners can report without retaliation.

The ACLU of Michigan has settled a federal lawsuit after the Michigan Department of Corrections agreed to a major policy change that will allow prisoners to report any abuse they witness of other...

"There's no excuse for abuse or neglect of prisoners."

Jul 23, 2019

Detroit's poorest residents are being denied access to water. We've filed a petition to avoid a health emergency.

Residents at more than 112,000 Detroit households had their water disconnected between 2014 and October 2018, simply because they couldn’t afford to pay.

Today a civil rights coalition filed...

Residents at more than 112,000 Detroit households had their water disconnected between 2014 and October 2018, simply because they couldn’t afford to pay.

Today a civil rights coalition filed...

“The public health crisis DWSD creates by shutting off water service for thousands of people is completely avoidable,” said Mark P. Fancher, staff attorney for the ACLU of Michigan’s Racial Justice Project.

Jun 21, 2019

Aimee Stephens fights for us. Now let’s fight for her.

It was a do or die moment. Literally.

From the age of 5, Aimee Stephens had known she wasn’t like the boys she grew up with in a staunch Baptist family in Fayetteville, N.C. There was the boy seen...

It was a do or die moment. Literally.

From the age of 5, Aimee Stephens had known she wasn’t like the boys she grew up with in a staunch Baptist family in Fayetteville, N.C. There was the boy seen...

Jun 19, 2019

ACLU urges State Supreme Court to reject the legislature’s attempt to undermine voters

The ACLU of Michigan filed a brief today urging the Michigan Supreme Court to reject the legislature’s attempt to undermine the will of the voters by removing citizen-led proposals from the ballot through...

Jun 4, 2019

How the 1994 Crime Bill Fed the Mass Incarceration Crisis

The 1994 federal crime bill that created tough new criminal sentences and incentivized states to build more prisons and pass truth-in-sentencing laws is getting new scrutiny during this 2020 election cycle...

President Bill Clinton signs the $30 billion crime bill during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Sept. 13, 1994

May 30, 2019

Smart Justice and Mental Health Awareness Month

This Mental Health Awareness Month let’s talk about how mental illness plays into mass incarceration.

Currently, one in four people incarcerated live with a serious mental illness. People who have a...

This Mental Health Awareness Month let’s talk about how mental illness plays into mass incarceration.

Currently, one in four people incarcerated live with a serious mental illness. People who have a...