Press Releases

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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.

ACLU of Wisconsin Applauds Evers’ Decision to Save Chaney Center And Build New Youth Facility to Allow Path to Close Problematic Lincoln Hills

The ACLU of WI applauds Gov. Evers for his decision to keep the Chaney Center open and choose a different Milwaukee location to build a new juvenile facility, creating a path to finally close Lincoln Hills.
Issue Areas: Criminal Legal Reform

Monitor Reports Deteriorating Conditions at Lincoln Hills Youth Prison

Juvenile Law Center, ACLU of Wisconsin Sound Alarms Over Use of Solitary Confinement, Worsening Conditions

Ten Wisconsin Organizations Call on Gov. Evers to Save Chaney Center As He Signs Bill to Close Lincoln Hills

The ACLU of Wisconsin, Juvenile Law Center, and eight other Wisconsin organizations today called on Gov. Tony Evers to consider alternative sites for a new youth prison,  rather than the Felmers O. Chaney Center site, after signing Senate Bill 520. 
Issue Areas: Criminal Legal Reform

Advocates Speak Out Against Demolition of Felmers O. Chaney Correctional Center

The ACLU of Wisconsin, several other local advocacy groups, and State Senator Lena Taylor gathered outside of the Felmers O. Chaney Correctional Center today to speak out against the proposed demolition of the facility as part of the plan to close Lincoln Hills.
Issue Areas: Criminal Legal Reform