AAPI Heritage Month Playlist
In May and all year long, we wish to honor and celebrate AAPI Virginians that we work with through the music they love.
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Blog posts
Celebrate Second Chance Month through Music
A playlist by people who have earned their second chances.
Women's History Month Playlist
Celebrate Women's History Month through a special ACLUVA-curated playlist.
Latest Press Releases
Spotsylvania School Board misinterprets Virginia code to justify banning books
Spotsylvania County School Board voted 4-3 this week to enact a policy empowering members and the superintendent to ban books they deem “sexually explicit.”
Hundreds of Virginians held in prolonged solitary confinement join ACLU of Virginia class action lawsuit
A federal judge allowed hundreds of Virginians in prolonged solitary confinement to join our lawsuit against the Virginia Department of Corrections.
ACLU-VA submits letter urging Gov. Youngkin to amend solitary legislation
On March 7, 2023, the ACLU of Virginia submitted a letter on behalf of fifteen additional organizations to Governor Youngkin urging him not to sign legislation on solitary confinement currently on his desk...
In the courts
We are taking legal action to protect the rights of people who are incarcerated, fight back against censorship efforts, ensure students with disabilities are able to go to school like their peers, and continue to defend civil rights and civil liberties across the Commonwealth.
Thorpe, et al. v. Virginia Department of Corrections, et al.
The ACLU of Virginia, in collaboration with the law firm of White & Case LLP, today filed a federal class-action lawsuit against the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) seeking to end the practice of solitary confinement in two of its most notorious prisons.
