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Haynesville, VA – The ACLU of Virginia today asked the warden at Haynesville Correctional Center in Richmond County to immediately rescind a recently implemented hair policy that appears to discriminate against African-American employees.
Richmond, VA — In the wake of its decision last week upholding a federal law banning so-called partial birth abortions, t
Hampton, VA —Following the threat of a lawsuit from the ACLU of Virginia last week, the Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center has announced that, beginning today, it will allow patients held in its psychiatric ward
Hampton, VA — The ACLU of Virginia today faxed a letter to the Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center demanding that it rescind a two-year old policy preventing psychiatric patients from receiving visitors.
Richmond, VA — The Virginia Senate today sustained Governor Tim Kaine’s veto of bills that could have dramatically increased the number of executions in Virginia by allowing capital charges to be