On November 6, 2023, we filed two amicus briefs together with the MacArther Justice Center and the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, in two jury selection cases before the Colorado Supreme Court, People v. Johnson and People v. Austin.
November 8, 2023 Criminal Legal Reform Racial JusticeOn October 30, 2023, we filed an amicus brief calling for the Colorado Supreme Court to recognize that a person held at a police station for two hours, restrained with bags over her hands, interrogated, and not permitted to leave, is in police custody, no matter how police characterize the situat
November 3, 2023 Criminal Legal ReformOn September 14, 2023, we filed an amicus brief together with the national ACLU and several other ACLU affiliates in VoteAmerica, et al. v.
September 14, 2023 Freedom of Expression & ReligionWhile in the El Paso County Jail, Darlene was excluded from housing with other women inmates, denied women’s undergarments and grooming products, mocked with improper pronouns, and subjected to a strip search by an unsupervised male guard.
August 28, 2023 LGBTQ+ EqualityLIFT Week 2023 was a transformative week of legislative education, training and mobilization centered on issues that will create long-term systemic change for those most impacted by an unjust criminal legal system and an escalating housing crisis.
July 18, 2023In the 2022–2023 legislative session, ACLU of Colorado staff, members, supporters and activists worked shoulder-to-shoulder with 86 allies and partners across Colorado on 58 bills that aligned with the key issue areas outlined in The Road Ahead: Smart Justice, Systemic Equality, and Privacy &
June 20, 2023