NEW ORLEANS – The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana today condemned the significant expansion of ICE detention centers in Louisiana.

NEW ORLEANS -- The City of New Orleans has agreed that it will refrain from harassing or arresting environmental activist Luke Fontana at this week’s French Quarter Festival in response to a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana.

NEW ORLEANS – ACLU of Louisiana executive director Alanah Odoms Hebert issued the following statement regarding a series of fires that destroyed three historically black churches in St. Landry Parish and damaged another black church in Caddo Parish.

NEW ORLEANS – Asserting that New Orleans’ “clean zones” unconstitutionally restrict the right to free speech, the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana today filed a lawsuit challenging the 2018 arrest of environmental activist Luke Fontana.

NEW ORLEANS — The ACLU of Louisiana today released a report outlining a series of reforms to reduce the number of people incarcerated in the state by half by 2025 – saving taxpayers more than $800 million that could be reinvested in making communities stronger and safer.

NEW ORLEANS – The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana today sent a letter to St. John the Baptist Parish leaders demanding approval of a march permit submitted by organizers of a five-day march from Reserve, La. to the State Capitol.

NEW ORLEANS – A U.S. district court judge ruled yesterday that a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union against Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro for jailing and coercing crime victims with fake subpoenas can proceed.