The ACLU of Connecticut takes an active role in every session of the state legislature to support bills that advance civil liberties and oppose those that do not. We have testified before the legislature hundreds of times and have taken leading roles in the struggles to repeal the death penalty, fight racial profiling, challenge police practices, advocate for decarceation and an end to discrimination against people living with a criminal record, protect and expand LGBTQIA+ rights, and prevent encroachment on the right to free speech.
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The ACLU-CT ardently defends the ability of pregnant people to make personal, private decisions about pregnancy and abortion, and advocates for increased access to abortion. One way to expand and modernize...
The ACLU-CT applauds many provisions of this bill and suggests changes to reduce the school to prison pipeline.
Deceptive interrogation tactics used by police are unconscionable, expensive, and most harm the people whom our state has made most vulnerable: people of color, youth, and people with mental or physical...
State's Attorneys are among the most powerful but least accountable actors in the criminal legal system. If Senate Bill 307 is passed, Connecticut will have more transparent prosecution with meaningful...
The ACLU-CT opposes legislation that add to the labyrinth of collateral consequences that people living with a criminal record face every day in this state. Unless amended, Senate Bill 254 will add another...
House Bill 5351 rolls back too many needed accountability provisions and re-expands opportunities for police searches not even two years after the police accountability bill was enacted. Accordingly, the...