A new Alabama law signed in May will allow thousands of people to restore their right to vote, and on July 8, LSA and ACLU of Alabama will host a training session at Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church to train people about this new law, and how Alabamians can comply with its terms to win back their rights.

Judicial officials and the sheriff of Randolph County, Alabama, are violating the constitutional rights of people charged with misdemeanors and felonies by jailing them following arrest if they can’t afford to pay bail, according to a federal class action lawsuit filed today.

The ACLU of Alabama today sent two public records requests to state agencies seeking information regarding a proposed plan that would authorize the Briarwood Presbyterian Church in Birmingham to establish its own police force.