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Shut Down Delaney Hall

The ACLU of New Jersey is calling for the immediate and permanent closure of Delaney Hall – and all facilities like it. Join us by adding your name today.
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The Newark Consent Decree: Forging a Path Toward Police Accountability and Racial Justice

Police reform has been a key issue for the ACLU of New Jersey since our founding in 1960 in Newark, the state’s largest city, which has a long and painful history of grappling with the harms of a police department operating with impunity.
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Building Power in New Jersey Communities at the Ballot Box and Beyond

Protecting and expanding the rights and liberties afforded to all New Jerseyans begins at the ballot box.
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Stop ICE's Killings

Join us in demanding accountability and an end to these fatal, lawless operations.

Press Releases


In a Victory for Voting Rights, Federal Court Dismisses DOJ’s Attempt to Access NJ Voter Rolls After Civil Rights Groups, NJ Voters Filed Motion to Protect Voters’ Privacy

To date, 18 district courts have issued merits rulings in the Trump administration’s lawsuits demanding sensitive personal data from millions of voters across the country, and the administration has lost all 18.

ACLU-NJ Files Legal Claim Against the Federal Government on Behalf of Nurse Harmed by Federal Law Enforcement

Claims filed across 17 states and Washington, D.C. under the Federal Tort Claims Act seek justice for citizens and noncitizens alike harmed by federal immigration agents and accountability for the Trump administration’s violent and lawless agenda.

ACLU-NJ Celebrates Signing of John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey

Governor Sherrill today signed into law the John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey (S282/A1715), a state-level Voting Rights Act that will protect and expand access to voting in the Garden State.