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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Prosecutors hold people’s lives and fates in their hands. We think that with that enormous power should come more oversight and transparency.
The ACLU-CT believes in a society where all people, regardless of housing status, are treated with dignity, respect, and care. Homelessness is intrinsically connected to public health.
The ACLU-CT believes in a society where all children can flourish. HB 6587 expands Medicaid coverage to include infant and toddler diapers, which will drastically improve health, economic, and educational...
The ACLU-CT supports programs that seek to invest in the well-being of our children and that address the root causes as to why children may end up in contact with the criminal legal system, like mental...
Everybody deserves a safe and stable place to live. Rent hikes and no fault evictions are displacing people from their homes and communities, fueling gentrification, increasing evictions and homelessness,...
Protecting residents in long term care facilities is important, but mandatory background and sex offender registry checks will limit the ability of people living with criminal records to get the end-of-life...