Press Releases

Virginia Department of Corrections Elimination of “Restrictive Housing” is a Smoke Screen

Solitary confinement by any other name is still solitary confinement
Issue Areas: Criminal Legal Reform

Supreme Court Allows Gavin Grimm’s Victory to Stand

The Supreme Court today declined to hear Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board, allowing lower court decisions in support of transgender students to stand. 
Issue Areas: LGBTQ+ Rights

ACLU of Virginia Hires Mary Bauer As New Executive Director

The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia announced today that it has hired Mary Bauer to succeed Executive Director Claire Guthrie Gastañaga, who announced her retirement in October 2020 after nine years with the organization.