Press Releases

ACLU-VA Sues to End Solitary Confinement in Two Virginia Prisons

The ACLU of Virginia, in collaboration with global law firm 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.
Issue Areas: Criminal Legal Reform

Federal Court Issues Landmark Abortion Rights Victory in Virginia

Advanced practice clinicians will now be able to provide first-trimester abortion care in Virginia.
Issue Areas: Reproductive Rights

ACLU-VA to Gov. Northam: The Criminal Justice System Can't Solve Our Opioid Crisis

Drugs are just as available, cheap, and in demand as ever. Expanding the law to allow someone to be charged for murder for supplying a drug when another adult voluntarily takes the drug will not end overdoses.
Issue Areas: Criminal Legal Reform