News & Commentary
Communities Should Decide How Cannabis Revenue is Spent
New Jersey begins its process to repair harms by reinvesting in communities harmed by the drug war – but people impacted most must lead the way.
Essex jail’s task force has yet to act after 2 years
Two years after its creation, the Essex County Correctional Facility Task Force has not met some of its most basic responsibilities.
By Molly Linhorst
A Right to Abortion Isn’t Enough. There Needs to be Access.
The Reproductive Freedom Act at its core ensures that all people who can become pregnant not only have the right, but equitable access, to abortion care by guaranteeing it regardless of one’s insurance or immigration status.
By Alejandra Sorto
With Reproductive Freedom in Danger, New Jersey Must Expand Protections and Access
When Texas banned nearly all abortions, it showed us that what happens on the state level can reach far beyond state lines. Just as starkly, it has shown the grim reality that when reproductive freedom comes under threat, people of color and those on the economic margins will undeniably bear the brunt of the harms caused by abortion restrictions.
By Alejandra Sorto
Prison populations are down in New Jersey. Let’s keep it that way.
Reducing our prison population was necessary to save lives from COVID-19. Keeping our prison population down is necessary to save lives from an unjust criminal legal system.
By Amol Sinha
Q&A: An Interview with ACLU-NJ Attorney Karen Thompson
In the last year, ACLU-NJ Senior Staff Attorney Karen Thompson has worked on cases that speak to the national moment in civil rights. She shares her perspective on working toward racial justice and police accountability in New Jersey through the legal system and changes in the law.
ACLU-NJ and Garden State Equality Letter to County Jails on Rights of Transgender People
The New Jersey Department of Corrections recently agreed to adopt a system-wide policy to help protect transgender, intersex, and non-binary people in prisons. This was the result of an agreement settling a civil rights suit brought by a woman who was forced to live in men’s prisons for a year and a half, represented by the ACLU of New Jersey and attorney Robyn Gigl of Gluck Walrath LLP. The new policy includes housing in line with gender identity, appropriate use of pronouns, access to gender-affirming property, and more.
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