Press Releases

Sep 09, 2021

ACLU of Ohio Responds to Ohio Redistricting Commission's Proposed Legislative Map

“Unfortunately, this proposed map does not uphold the letter or the spirit of reform that 70% of Ohioans voted for in 2015."
Aug 18, 2021

ACLU of Ohio Places Death Penalty Repeal Billboard Advertisement in Capital Square

This week the ACLU of Ohio placed a billboard advertisement in Capital Square with a bleak reminder: “For Every FIVE People the State of Ohio Has Executed, ONE Person Has Been Found Innocent.”
Issue Areas: Ending the Death Penalty
Jul 30, 2021

ACLU of Ohio and OJPC Appeal Lower Court’s Decision to Dismiss Lawsuit Challenging ODRC Policy of Illegally Garnishing Prisoners’ Emergency Relief Checks in order to Pay Court Fees

Today the ACLU of Ohio and the OJPC filed an appeal in their lawsuit on behalf of incarcerated individuals whose COVID-19 emergency relief checks were garnished by ODRC.
Issue Areas: Prisoners' Rights
Jul 12, 2021

ACLU of Ohio Places Billboard Advertisement Outside of Lebanon with Reminder, "Abortion Is Legal in ALL of Ohio"

This week the ACLU of Ohio placed a billboard advertisement in the Southern end of Lebanon with one simple reminder: Abortion is Legal in ALL of Ohio.
May 27, 2021

ACLU of Ohio Calls on Biden Administration and Local Sheriffs to Provide Vaccine Access to All Immigrants Detained at Butler, Geauga, Morrow, and Seneca County ICE-Contracted Jail Facilities

The ACLU of Ohio sent a letter today to Immigration and Customs Enforcement Field Office Director Adducci and Sheriffs in Butler, Geauga, Morrow, and Seneca Counties to demand that they provide vaccine access to people in detention at ICE-Contracted jail facilities.
Issue Areas: Prisoners' Rights
May 25, 2021

Reproductive Rights Groups Call Lebanon’s Proposed Abortion Ban ‘Blatantly Unconstitutional’ – ACLU Prepared to Sue

Lebanon City Council will hold a vote on a dangerous city ordinance that would ban abortion. ACLU is prepared to mount a legal challenge.