The ACLU of Kentucky and several community groups hosted a press conference at 10AM ET, Monday, December 6, 2021, to discuss the deadly conditions in Louisville Department of Corrections and demands for Mayor Fischer and Metro Council.

Conditions in Louisville Metro Department of Corrections are so dangerous – for both employees and incarcerated people – the ACLU and Fraternal Order of Police are in a rare moment of agreement that officials must act.

Alongside the Department of Public Advocacy, we're suing the Kentucky Department of Corrections and others for violating the rights of incarcerated people by reading their confidential legal mail.

Statement from ACLU-KY's Jackie McGranahan regarding series of bills presented by Kentucky lawmakers designed to push abortion care entirely out of reach.

The Kentucky State Fair Board, a government agency, violated the rights of the Kentucky Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice by removing KRCRC's billboard, which was displayed on a sign owned and operated by a government agency.

Statement from ACLU-KY Staff Attorney Heather Gatnarek regarding ACLU arguments before the Supreme Court fighting AG Cameron's attempt to revive an unconstitutional abortion ban.

We wrote to Mayor Fischer and Louisville Metro Council soundly rejecting proposals to increase policing, surveillance, and incarceration of our young people. Children need love and support, not more police.

After more than 20 years in court, the Commonwealth of Kentucky has settled with Americans United and ACLU-KY, agreeing to protect children from religious coercion and discrimination in taxpayer-funded residential child care facilities.

People in the Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women have been forced to live without air conditioning for three days. The Department of Corrections says it will take "several days" to fix.