Members of the media who are requesting an interview should contact us at media@aclu-wi.org, or email Deputy Communications Director David Gwidt at dgwidt@aclu-wi.org.
We filed an open records request with the School District of Waukesha to find out whether its ban on political and controversial signage and symbols is in violation of the Constitution and other civil rights protections.
Gov. Evers protected our protest rights with his veto of Senate Bill 289.
The ACLU of Wisconsin, Juvenile Law Center, and eight other Wisconsin organizations today called on Gov. Tony Evers to consider alternative sites for a new youth prison, rather than the Felmers O. Chaney Center site, after signing Senate Bill 520.
The ACLU of Wisconsin, several other local advocacy groups, and State Senator Lena Taylor gathered outside of the Felmers O. Chaney Correctional Center today to speak out against the proposed demolition of the facility as part of the plan to close Lincoln Hills.
The ACLU of Wisconsin today denounced consideration of a proposal in the Wisconsin State Assembly that would prevent local governments from restricting the use of no-knock warrants by law enforcement.
The Assembly must agree to close Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake.