News & Commentary

It’s not often that you see an ACLU attorney, a Republican senator, a commonwealth attorney and members of the tea party agreeing on something. This may be a first in Kentucky history, but we all agree that Marsy’s Law is bad for victims and wrong for Kentucky.

Anthony D. Romero, ACLU Executive Director Ruth

Despite the deadly COVID-19 outbreak at Green River, officials are ignoring warning signs of pending outbreaks in other prisons.

Louisville Metro Council has proposed spending 49% of the city's budget on policing. Ask your councilmember to use that money for programs that will actually help the people of Louisville.

Incarcerated LGBTQ Kentuckians are some of the most vulnerable when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic.

Kentucky's jails, prisons, and detention centers are a Petri dish for the novel coronavirus. Officials must do more to protect incarcerated people, corrections employees, and the communities those employees call home.

The ACLU-KY team had a busy legislative session and is now working healthy at home. Catch the highlights and more in the Spring 2020 Newsletter.

Call or email Governor Beshear to ask him to take more steps to protect incarcerated people, corrections employees, and the communities those employees call home.

As the War on Drugs continues, Kentucky remains near the top when it comes to racial disparities for arrests for marijuana possession, with Black Kentuckians 9.4 times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than white Kentuckians.