ACLU-VA's statement on House committee killing a bipartisan criminal legal reform bill that would establish a means for incarcerated people who have already served at least 15 years of their sentence to petition their sentencing judge for a Second Look at their sentence.

Today the ACLU of Virginia, the disAbility Law Center of Virginia, and the law firm of Brown, Goldstein, and Levy filed a complaint against the for denying equal services to people who are blind or visually impaired in custody.

ACLU-VA's statement on House committee killing two important, bipartisan criminal legal reform bills that would establish independent oversight over VDOC and provide no-cost prison communications for Virginia families.

This month a state working group delivered a report to the Virginia General Assembly with policy recommendations for eliminating or reducing the costs and fees of products and services.

ACLU of Virginia challenges rollback of earned sentence credit program before Virginia Supreme Court.

The ACLU-VA challenges the continued incarceration of Antoine Anderson and demands his immediate release. Mr. Anderson and hundreds of other incarcerated people who earned sentence reductions through good behavior were told at the last minute that their promised release would not be honored.

On his inauguration day, Gov. Youngkin said that he would serve all Virginians. Yet, his actions continue to tell a different story.  

Federal Appeals Court Affirms Lower Court Ruling Denying Qualified Immunity in Thorpe, et al. v. Harold Clarke, et al.

In principle, we oppose any use of facial recognition software by law enforcement. When used by police in criminal investigations, facial recognition technology can, and has, led to wrongful arrests and civil rights violations.