Press Releases

ACLU of Wisconsin Calls Enactment of SB 101 ‘A Step in the Wrong Direction in Wisconsin’s Fight Against Drug Overdoses’

Gov. Evers signed into law today an excessively punitive drug policy that is counterproductive to combatting the overdose crisis. It's a step in the wrong direction.
Issue Areas: Criminal Legal Reform

The ACLU of Wisconsin Responds to Passage of Senate Bill 101

We urge Governor Evers to veto SB-101.
Issue Areas: Criminal Legal Reform

ACLU of Wisconsin, Other Organizations Commend Evers’ Pledge To Veto Shared Revenue Bill That Overrides Local Control

Thank you, Governor Evers, for your commitment to vetoing the shared revenue proposal that would force county and municipal governments to forfeit local authority!
Issue Areas: Criminal Legal Reform

ACLU of Wisconsin Slams Shared Revenue Proposal

The ACLU of Wisconsin today condemned AB 245 – the shared revenue proposal introduced by Republican legislators yesterday – calling it an anti-democratic attempt to force local governments to hand their power over to the state legislature in exchange for state aid.
Issue Areas: Criminal Legal Reform

ACLU of Wisconsin Issues Recommendations About How to Increase Voting Access for Eligible Voters in Jail

The ACLU of Wisconsin Union issued a report offering jail officials a series of recommendations that would help ease barriers to jail-based voting.

Barriers Continue Preventing Eligible Voters in Wisconsin Jails From Voting, ACLU of Wisconsin Report Finds

New report "Ballots for All: Ensuring Wisconsinites in Jail Have Voting Access" finds that widespread variance across jail voting policies and a glaring lack of protocol governing voting procedures continue to disenfranchise eligible voters in Wisconsin jails.

Milwaukee Police Department Continues to Stop and Frisk Black People At a Higher Rate, Report Finds

Four years into a settlement agreement, the latest monitor report shows that the Milwaukee Police Department continues to engage in racially biased stop-and-frisk practices.

ACLU of Wisconsin Releases Report on Immigration Enforcement in Wisconsin, Exposing the Jail-to-Deportation Pipeline

Close collaboration between Wisconsin local law enforcement and ICE is fueling the deportation of immigrants.

Federal Judge Rules That Case Alleging Milwaukee Police Department Unlawfully Arrested Two After 2016 Protests Will Go to Trial

A federal judge has rejected MPD's motion to dismiss a case brought by 2 Milwaukee residents who asserted that their rights were violated by the police when arrested following peaceful protest and mourning at the memorial site of Sylville Smith in 2016.