Press Releases

ACLU of Wisconsin Welcomes Three New Leaders To Its Organization

The ACLU of Wisconsin welcomes new Deputy Executive Director Sarah Siegel, Community Engagement Director Justice Grau, and Advocacy Director Amanda Merkwae!

ACLU of Wisconsin Praises DPI Decision In Discrimination Case Involving Burlington Area School District Student Athletes

Wisconsin's Department of Public Instruction acknowledged BASD’s failure to address the racism that opposing football team members faced during a Burlington High School football game last fall.

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 Commends Court Decision Requiring DPI and Cedarburg School District To Include Complainant in Settlement Negotiations

Judge ruled that the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and Cedarburg School District were wrong to attempt to settle a racial harassment case without the input of the impacted family.

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

ACLU of Wisconsin Blasts Decision to Ban Drop Boxes

The ACLU of Wisconsin issued a statement today denouncing the state Supreme Court’s decision to ban ballot drop boxes and return assistance in Wisconsin.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin Allows School Policy Protecting Privacy of Transgender and Nonbinary Students to Remain in Effect

The Supreme Court of Wisconsin allowed a school policy, which protects the right of students to use different names or pronouns at school without being forcibly outed by school faculty, to stay in effect while the case goes forward in the lower courts. 

ACLU of Wisconsin Applauds Challenge to 1849 Wisconsin Abortion Ban

The ACLU of Wisconsin today applauded Attorney General Joshua Kaul's decision to file a lawsuit challenging the enforceability of Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban.