Press Releases

Final Rules Issued on COVID Funds Prove Alabama’s Plan to Build Prisons Is Inappropriate

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Today, the Treasury Department issued its final rules on how states may use the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds.

January 6, 2022

Alabama Organizations Call on the U.S. House Financial Services Committee to Halt the Use of COVID-19 Funds for Constructing Prisons

Today, the ACLU of Alabama, 23 other local organizations, and dozens of individuals all sent a letter demanding that U.S. House Financial Services Committee urgently investigate the State of Alabama’s ill-conceived plan to spend $400 million dollars of COVID relief funds to build prisons.

December 17, 2021

ACLU of Alabama Comment on Abortion Bill HB23

Montgomery, Ala. -- This week, state legislators pre-filed HB23, a bill that would ban abortion at 6 weeks of pregnancy and is similar to the abortion ban passed in Texas that is currently being reviewed by the Supreme Court.

December 10, 2021

Groups Launch Legal Challenges Over Alabama Racial Gerrymandering

Individual voters joined with civil rights and faith groups today to file a pair of lawsuits in federal court challenging Alabama’s newly drawn political maps for state legislative and congressional districts.

November 15, 2021

ACLU of Alabama Comment on Passed Redistricting Maps

Today's passage of new district maps for Alabama has been a disappointment from start to finish.

November 3, 2021

Civil Rights Groups Send Letter to Legislature Ahead of Redistricting Special Session

Today, a group of civil rights groups sent a letter to the Alabama Reapportionment Committee to remind them of their legal obligations to comply with the Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitution when considering how to draw the new legislative maps in the upcoming redistricting process.

October 19, 2021