The ACLU of Louisiana and American Civil Liberties Union filed a writ of habeas corpus in federal court seeking the release of Jessica Patricia Barahona-Martinez, a single mother and LGBTQ asylum seeker from El Salvador who has been held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention...

BATON ROUGE — Yesterday was the first day of a multi-day emergency hearing in which attorneys representing children — nearly all Black boys — incarcerated at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola, are making the case for why emergency action should be taken to order the state...

NEW ORLEANS – In a significant victory for police accountability in Louisiana, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling in the case of ACLU of Louisiana Justice Lab client Bruce Washington, a 54-year-old Black man and St. Tammany Parish resident who was illegally frisked...

NEW ORLEANS – Justice Lab, the ACLU of Louisiana’s campaign against racist policing, marked its third anniversary this summer, litigating its 55th case. Founded in June 2020 following the murder of George Floyd, Justice Lab works through litigation...

BATON ROUGE — The ACLU of Louisiana released the following statement in response to legislators overturning Governor John Bel Edwards’ veto of House Bill 648, a bill that bans gender-affirming care for minors and takes away parents’ rights to make healthcare decisions about their children...

BATON ROUGE — New court filings reveal for the first time that children — almost all Black boys — are being placed in routine solitary confinement for 72 hours when they are detained in the former death row building of the nation’s largest adult maximum security prison...

BATON ROUGE — The ACLU of Louisiana released the following statement applauding Governor John Bel Edwards’ decision to veto several harmful bills that target LGBTQ+ Louisianans

BATON ROUGE — The ACLU of Louisiana released the following statement applauding Governor John Bel Edwards’ veto of House Bill 85, an unconstitutional bill that would have made it a crime to be within 25 feet of law enforcement...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court today lifted a temporary halt on a federal lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s discriminatory congressional maps. The action sends the case, Robinson v. Ardoin, down to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals for further consideration...