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Court Vacancies Don’t Just Impact The Law. They Impact Our Lives.
State courts are more important than ever. But current vacancies on New Jersey's Supreme Court and our lower courts affect us all, whether expanding constitutional rights or sorting out custody.
By Alexander Shalom
To Fight a Stacked Federal Bench, the ACLU Goes to the States
As federal courts grow more hostile to civil rights and civil liberties, the ACLU turns to state courts — building on a century of experience.
The Real-Life Impact of the ACLU-NJ’s Strategic Litigation
We’re thrilled to share a new blog series by our Executive Director Amol Sinha — Pursuing Justice — to tell bigger stories about our work. The first post delves into the strategic impact of ACLU-NJ briefs filed in existing civil rights cases.
By Amol Sinha
ACLU-NJ Advocacy at the NJ Supreme Court is Raising the Bar
As U.S. Supreme Court rulings eviscerate established civil rights, state-level advocacy is vital. An ACLU-NJ event looked at the big-picture civil rights landscape and the NJ Supreme Court.
By Jeanne LoCicero
Releasing People From Prison is About Humanity
Early releases from prison in the pandemic in NJ — projected to exceed 8,000 from March 2020 to March 2022 — saved lives and showed the urgent human need for decarceration.
By Alexander Shalom
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
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
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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