Press Releases

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ACLU-MN Expands Voting Rights for People with Disabilities, Language Barriers

The ACLU of Minnesota just won the right for voters to get assistance from the person of their choice at the polls.

April 22, 2020

Black People Five Times More Likely to Get Arrested for Marijuana in Minnesota

The American Civil Liberties Union released a new report today that shows Black people are 5.4 times more likely than white people to be arrested for marijuana possession in Minnesota, despite comparable usage rates.

April 20, 2020

ACLU-MN Sues to Release MCF-Moose Lake Inmates Endangered by COVID-19

The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota filed a petition against the state Department of Corrections Wednesday to keep prisoners and staff at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Moose Lake (MCF-Moose Lake) safe from the rapidly spreading COVID-19.

April 15, 2020

ACLU-MN Calls for Measures to Protect Privacy

The ACLU of Minnesota releases a statement in response to Executive Order 20-34, Governor Tim Walz's Stay at Home Order.

April 14, 2020

ACLU-MN Responds to Personal COVID Information Requests

The ACLU-MN released a statement in response to law enforcement associations calling on the Minnesota Department of Health Commissioner to release the addresses of people with COVID-19.

April 6, 2020

ACLU-MN asks Sixth District Court to release people from correctional facilities in response to COVID-19

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, at the request of local public defenders, the ACLU of Minnesota sent a letter to the Sixth Judicial District Chief Judge Sally Tarnowski Tuesday afternoon asking the Court to release more people from our prisons or jails.

April 1, 2020