COLUMBUS– Last week the ACLU of Ohio submitted an amicus brief in Ex Rel Derek Lichtenwalter v DeWine, urging the Ohio Supreme Court to immediately release Mr. Licthenwalter, a person living with HIV who is confined in Belmont Correctional Institute.
COLUMBUS – The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that a voting rights ballot initiative put forth by Ohioans for Secure and Fair Elections meets the single subject standard, overruling a March 2nd decision from the Ohio Ballot Board to divide the petition into four separate issues.
CLEVELAND — Today, the ACLU of Ohio and the Ohio Justice and Policy Center filed a class action habeas petition on behalf of prisoners detained in the low-security Elkton Federal Correctional Institution who are at grave risk from the coronavirus.
CLEVELAND — Today, the ACLU National Prison Project, the ACLU of Ohio, and the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on behalf of immigrants detained in crowded jail facilities in Geauga and Seneca Counties.
CLEVELAND– The ACLU of Ohio, CAIR-Ohio, Catholic Charities, Dioceses of Cleveland, International Institute of Akron, Ohio Hispanic Coalition, and Ohio Immigrant Alliance sent letters to county commissioners and sheriffs in Butler, Geauga, Morrow, and Seneca urging the implementation of four recom
COLUMBUS – Last week, Governor DeWine announced that he requested judges release 38 people from Ohio prisons in response to the growing COVID-19 crisis in the state’s corrections facilities.