News

3.22.12
Closing Solitary Confinement Unit Good for Budget and Public Safety Full Story >
Colorado over-uses solitary confinement, especially for prisoners who are mentally ill. But things are changing.
3.20.12
Roaring Fork School Board Taking Steps to limit school resource officer collaborations with ICE Full Story >
ACLU legal advocacy results in steps to limit ICE involvement in Roaring Fork schools.
2.4.12
Annual Members Meeting 2012: "Lobbying 2.0: The Effective Citizen Lobbyist" Full Story >
Attend the Annual Meeting. Be a part of the ACLU of Colorado's efforts to protect, defend and expand civil liberties and civil rights in 2012; our 60th Anniversary Year.
1.17.12
R2J Coalition to City Council: We Need a New Independent Monitor Now Full Story >
Call your Council member to ensure Denver gets a new monitor.
12.12.11
Eight years later, "The Howling Pig" free speech case reaches settlement Full Story >
Case affirmed that Colorado's criminal libel statute could not serve as a basis for punishing any of the constitutionally-protected expression in The Howling Pig.
12.6.11
ACLU settles racial profiling, illegal search suit; New police policies, training results Full Story >
ACLU of Colorado attorneys settle federal federal lawsuit on behalf a man who spent days in jail and lost his job after alleged racial profiling and false allegation that he was holding a fake ID.
12.1.11
Protect and Defend Civil Liberties on Colorado Gives Day Full Story >
Support the work of the ACLU of Colorado on Colorado Gives Day December 6
11.17.11
ACLU Questions Press Rights for Occupy Reporters Full Story >
Legal Advocacy supports right of reporters to bring paper and pens into the courtroom.
11.7.11
Super Lawyer; Former Vice-Presidential Staffer Denise Maes Named Public Policy Director at ACLU of Colorado Full Story >
Denise Maes, who is leaving the Office of Vice President Joseph Biden to become Public Policy Director at the ACLU of Colorado, has the vision and experience to continue our ambitious public policy work.
11.4.11
We're Watching and Listening at Occupy Denver Full Story >
What had previously been a policy of admirable restraint appears to have escalated into the excessive use of police force at Occupy Denver.