Press Releases - ACLU of New Jersey

Dec 16, 2024

ACLU-NJ Celebrates First Releases from State Prison Under its Clemency Project

The ACLU of New Jersey celebrates the announced release of three people from state prison as the first group to be granted commutations by Governor Murphy under the organization's Clemency Project, an initiative to encourage the use of categorical clemency for the release of groups of people.

Issue Areas: Decarceration, Criminal Legal System, Prisons & Jails

Nov 22, 2024

ACLU FOIA Litigation Reveals New Information Regarding ICE’s Plans to Expand Immigration Detention in New Jersey

New information revealed as immigrants’ rights advocates prepare for potential mass deportation and detention program under the incoming Trump administration

Issue Areas: Immigration Enforcement & Detention, Immigrants' Rights, Prisons & Jails

Oct 02, 2024

New Report Alleges Continued Use of Solitary Confinement in New Jersey

The report, “Isolated Voices: The State of Solitary in NJ,” is the result of a two-year data collection effort by advocates to assess the success of ICRA implementation.

Issue Areas: Prisons & Jails

Mar 03, 2022

Court Grants Final Approval of Settlement that Reforms Special Education Services in New Jersey Prisons, Negotiated Relief Now Takes Effect

The case, Adam X. et al. v. New Jersey Department of Corrections and Department of Education et al., was filed in January 2017. The settlement offers a national model for special education services in prison.

Issue Areas: Students' & Youth Rights, Disability Rights, Prisons & Jails

Court Cases: Adam X v. NJ Departments of Corrections and Education

Oct 19, 2021