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 cannot support House Bill 6887 because it would increase mass incarceration and surveillance in our state.
All people, regardless of income, deserve access to competent and zealous legal advocates.
The ACLU-CT believes that people receiving treatment in psychiatric facilities, no matter the security level of those facilities, are entitled to dignity and to their constitutionally protected rights.
No person should experience housing discrimination. We support legislation that holds landlords accountable when they engage in housing discrimination.
Electronic monitoring does not lower incarceration rates, it is not rehabilitative, and it is not cost-effective.
The ACLU-CT supports Senate Bill 6738 as one of the many necessary steps to ensuring that no one ever dies in DOC custody during a public health crisis again.