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11/29/2017 Press Release from the Commonwealth of Kentucky Justice & Public Safety Cabinet

The Department of Justice issued letters to 29 jurisdictions, including Metro Louisville, threatening to withhold federal law enforcement grant money over these jurisdictions’ supposed non-compliance with a federal law that prohibits policies that restrict the sharing of “information regarding . . . citizenship or immigration status.”

The Kentucky Department of Corrections announced November 16 the reopening of the Lee Adjustment Center, a private prison facility citing “aging facilities and a growing inmate population.” The facility will be managed by CoreCivic, formerly Corrections Corporation of America (CCA).  Kentucky stopped using private prisons earlier this decade after sex abuse and mismanagement at CCA’s Kentucky facilities.

Advocacy Groups Filed Ethics Complaint in May for Refusing Adoptions to Same-Sex CouplesOn October 25, 2017 Kentucky Family Court Jud

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky announced October 24, 2017 that it would represent community activist Michael Maharrey, who was sued by the City of Lexington after he attempted to obtain documents relating to 29 surveillance cameras owned and operated by the Lexington Police Department (“LPD”).

ACLU-KY allies Louisville Clinic Escorts and Kentucky Health Justice Network urge Louisville Metro Leaders to Take a Stand and Expand Protections for Reproductive Freedom.

Voting is fundamental to our democracy. Every single person, regardless of race, gender, wealth, or identity, deserves the right to have a say in how their community is governed and who is governing them.

Late September 27, 2017 a federal court issued an order that strikes down an anti-abortion law that forced doctors to display and describe a patient’s ultrasound, as well as to play the fetal heartbeat, even if the doctor believed it would harm the patient or it was against their wishes. 

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky today issued a report on the status of private probation companies in Kentucky. The report comes after the organization conducted two, months’ long investigations into private probation in 2015 and 2017.