Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Conditions
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The Latest
Half a Mile from the Flames: LA County’s Brush with Catastrophe Demonstrates the Urgent Need to Protect People in Jails and Prisons from Climate Change
ACLU Statement on Senator’s Discriminatory Questioning of Civil Rights Leader Maya Berry
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Father Sues Ronald McDonald House Alleging Housing Policy Disproportionately Harms People of Color
The Supreme Court Must Allow U.S. Citizens to Challenge Placement on No Fly List
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What We're Focused On
Discrimination
The ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
Overcrowding and Other Threats to Health and Safety
The ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
Violence and Sexual Abuse
The ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
What's at Stake
Overcrowding, violence, sexual abuse, and other conditions pose grave risks to prisoner health and safety. Mistreatment of prisoners based on race, sex, gender identity, or disability remains far too common.
Overcrowding, violence, sexual abuse, and other conditions pose grave risks to prisoner health and safety. Mistreatment of prisoners based on race, sex, gender identity, or disability remains far too common.