NEW ORLEANS — On the heels of the ACLU’s new research study about barriers to legal representation in ICE detention centers, the organization launched a legal rights initiative designed to provide noncitizens with knowledge of their legal rights so they can exercise them when unlawfully detained.

NEW ORLEANS — On July 26, 2022, the Honorable Wendy B. Vitter of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana denied the bulk of the Motion for Summary Judgment of two St. Tammany’s Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by Teliah Perkins.

NEW ORLEANS — The ACLU of Louisiana issued the following statement regarding the New Orleans City Council’s passage of an ordinance that reverses a 2020 ban on the New Orleans Police Department’s (NOPD) use of facial recognition technology.

NEW ORLEANS – The Supreme Court issued a shameful ruling today overturning Roe v. Wade — the landmark decision recognizing the constitutional right to abortion nearly 50 years ago.

NEW ORLEANS — Incarcerated workers in Louisiana prisons earn between $0.02 and $0.40 an hour providing vital public service and prison maintenance services, according to a comprehensive nationwide report released by the national American Civil Liberties Union.

NEW ORLEANS — One year after the ACLU of Louisiana called for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to launch a pattern-or-practice investigation into misconduct by the Louisiana State Police (LSP), the Justice Department has announced it will launch a civil rights investigation. 

NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in Robinson v. Ardoin ruled in favor of Black voters challenging Louisiana’s newly enacted congressional map as a violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

NEW ORLEANS – The ACLU of Louisiana is suing the Jefferson Parish School Board and Sheriff’s Office after police placed a 10-year-old Black student with disabilities in a chokehold, dragged him, and arrested him for having an outburst at school.

NEW ORLEANS — The following statement was issued by ACLU of Louisiana Executive Director Alanah Odoms in response to reporting of a leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade: