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Jun 26, 2024
Earned Sentence Credits in Virginia
Criminal Legal Reform
Here's what you need to know about earned sentence credits (ESCs) and our work to guarantee their promise in Virginia.
Here's what you need to know about earned sentence credits (ESCs) and our work to guarantee their promise in Virginia.
May 16, 2024
We're investigating possible abuses of students' rights on Virginia campuses.
First Amendment Rights
See the ACLU-VA's FOIA requests to four Virginia universities. Virginians deserve answers. We won't stop fighting for Virginians' First Amendment Rights.
See the ACLU-VA's FOIA requests to four Virginia universities. Virginians deserve answers. We won't stop fighting for Virginians' First Amendment Rights.
Apr 24, 2024
ACLU-VA to VDOC: Honor Earned Sentence Credits
Criminal Legal Reform
Read the ACLU-VA's letter to the Virginia Department of Corrections demanding it honor the earned sentence credits of everyone with an eligible inchoate offense.
Read the ACLU-VA's letter to the Virginia Department of Corrections demanding it honor the earned sentence credits of everyone with an eligible inchoate offense.
Mar 22, 2024
Meet Your Neighbor: Mark Baker
Criminal Legal Reform
“We are a community of the forgotten… the unwanted…the misunderstood. We are human beings who came together and formed bonds forged in the worst of circumstances," Mark described in a poem stirred by...
“We are a community of the forgotten… the unwanted…the misunderstood. We are human beings who came together and formed bonds forged in the worst of circumstances," Mark described in a poem stirred by...
Feb 2, 2024
Get the Facts Right about a Second Look Law
Criminal Legal Reform
It doesn’t make sense to incarcerate people who are no longer a threat to public safety. A Second Look law would empower and protect victims of crime, not re-traumatize them.
It doesn’t make sense to incarcerate people who are no longer a threat to public safety. A Second Look law would empower and protect victims of crime, not re-traumatize them.
Feb 2, 2024
I shouldn’t have to work three jobs to be afford phone calls to prison.
Criminal Legal Reform
Phone call fees to Virginia prisons are so expensive that it takes three jobs for me to afford my daily calls to Tay. That’s why I’m so anxious to see a bill move through the General Assembly, SB378/HB801,...
Phone call fees to Virginia prisons are so expensive that it takes three jobs for me to afford my daily calls to Tay. That’s why I’m so anxious to see a bill move through the General Assembly, SB378/HB801,...