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Dec 19, 2025
Dec 19, 2025
Following Delaney Hall's First Death Since Reopening, Immigrant Advocates Demand Answers and Investigation
Advocates, activists, and community leaders demand immediate independent inquiry and answers related to the death of Jean Wilson Brutus, a community member detained at Delaney Hall earlier this month and transported to University Hospital on December 12th.
Dec 18, 2025
Dec 18, 2025
Criminal Legal Reform Advocates Applaud NJ’s Technical Parole Reform Legislation
Criminal legal reform advocates applaud the introduction of the Substance Abuse Recovery and Supervision Accountability Act (A6206/S5000) which would ensure that technical parole violations do not automatically lead to people being reincarcerated.
Dec 17, 2025
Dec 17, 2025
ACLU-NJ Celebrates Fifth Round of Releases Under The Clemency Project
The ACLU of New Jersey celebrates Governor Murphy’s announcement today of nine commutations and fifteen pardons, including two of the ACLU-NJ's Clemency Project clients whose sentences will be commuted: David Page and James Scott.
Dec 15, 2025
Dec 15, 2025
ACLU-NJ Statement on the Nomination of Jennifer Davenport as New Jersey’s Next Attorney General
The ACLU of New Jersey looks forward to working with Jennifer Davenport as the next attorney general, and to collaborating on policies that further the civil rights, liberties, safety, and freedom of all New Jerseyans.
Dec 02, 2025
Dec 02, 2025
SCOTUS Should Protect Organizations from State Subpoenas That Chill 1A Freedoms, ACLU Argues
In First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, Inc. v. Platkin, the Supreme Court will consider when federal courts can review claims that state subpoenas unconstitutionally chill First Amendment rights
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Speech, Privacy & Technology
Nov 25, 2025
Nov 25, 2025
ACLU-NJ Celebrates Fourth Round of Releases Under The Clemency Project
The ACLU of New Jersey celebrates Governor Murphy’s announcement today of 36 pardons and 19 commutations as part of his commitment to categorical clemency.
Nov 18, 2025
Nov 18, 2025
ACLU-NJ Announces Civil Liberties Recommendations for New Jersey’s Incoming Attorney General
ACLU-NJ releases priorities for next Attorney General, including challenging abuses of power, criminal legal reform, civil rights protections, and increased government transparency.
Nov 17, 2025
Nov 17, 2025
ACLU-NJ and Seton Hall Law School’s Center for Social Justice Release Report on the Fiscal Benefits of Eviction Right to Counsel
The report estimates a potential return of $2.30 to $3.14 for every dollar invested in New Jersey to provide a right to counsel in eviction proceedings.
Nov 13, 2025
Nov 13, 2025
NJ Advocacy Organizations Launch “People’s Agenda” To Pass Critical Social Justice Legislation in Lame Duck
An alliance of more than 30 advocacy groups say lawmakers must pass critical legislation to ensure New Jersey is a more welcoming, equitable, accessible, and just state
Issue Areas:
Democracy & Civic Engagement
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