ACLU of Alabama

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Alabama House committee approves bill to ban treatment for transgender minors

Both the Alabama House and Senate committees approved their respective bills, moving both on to full votes.

February 25, 2021

Alabama prisons not yet ready to administer vaccines, but ADOC is preparing

Alabama prisons rank ninth deadliest in the number of COVID-19 deaths per 100,00 inmates.

February 5, 2021

Judge finds Alabama drivers license policy for trans people unconstitutional

Judge Myron Thompson found that the state's law did not meet the requirements of the Equal Protection Clause.

January 15, 2021

Death of 94-year-old man in Alabama prison highlights struggle to control COVID-19

AODC has struggled to control the virus, which has infected at least 1,033 incarcerated people and at least 729 workers.

December 10, 2020

Charlie Graddick to resign as director of Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles

Charlie Graddick wrote that he has known his tenure would not be long-term and that "now is the time to step aside.”

November 2, 2020

U.S. Supreme Court rules Alabama can ban curbside voting

“The District Court’s modest injunction is a reasonable accommodation, given the short time before the election,” the three dissenting justices wrote.

October 22, 2020

Trial begins in lawsuit challenging state’s COVID-19 election rules

A virtual trial opened on Tuesday in a lawsuit charging that Alabama’s requirements of witnesses and photo ID for absentee ballots and a “de facto ban” on curbside voting are unconstitutional. The suit, People First v. Merrill, was filed on May 1 by the Southern Poverty Law Center, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, … Continued

September 9, 2020

Alabama Department of Corrections investigating death of 28-year-old inmate

The Alabama Department of Corrections is investigating the death of a 28-year-old inmate at the St. Clair Correctional Facility as a possible suicide. Charles Labarron Braggs was found unresponsive by prison officials in his cell on Monday, and life-saving attempts were unsuccessful, the department said in a message to APR on Thursday. Braggs was not … Continued

July 30, 2020

ACLU joins lawsuit over Alabama voting amid COVID-19 pandemic

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of several voters who are at greater risk from complications or death due to COVID-19.

July 7, 2020

ACLU of Alabama calls on cities to address police excessive use of force

The ACLU of Alabama on Friday called on the state’s mayors to address police enforcement of protests and to reimagine the role of police in the wake of the death of George Floyd and others killed by police. Protestors in Huntsville and Mobile have been tear gassed and shot with rubber bullets by police, and … Continued

June 5, 2020