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06.11.20
Immediate Action Must Be Taken to Prevent a General Election Disaster, Says ACLU of Ohio
COLUMBUS— The ACLU of Ohio issued an urgent statement to Senate leaders, cautioning that without immediate passage of Senate Bill 191 the General Election will be chaos. Outspoken advocates against Ohio’s messy, confusing Primary, the ACLU has been working with a broad voting rights coalition to ensure that a safe and simple process be implemented Read more…
Voting Rights
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06.09.20
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Strikes Down Ruling Requiring Bureau of Prisons to Release Medically Vulnerable People at Elkton FCI
COLUMBUS— Today the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a preliminary injunction directing the Bureau of Prisons to identify and transfer elderly and medically vulnerable individuals out of Elkton Federal Correctional Institution to limit their exposure to COVID-19. The ruling from the three-judge panel comes as the virus is spiking at Elkton. At last count, Read more…
Criminal Justice
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06.03.20
ACLU Asks Supreme Court to Again Deny Bureau of Prisons Request to Block Order That Will Save Lives
WASHINGTON — This morning, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Ohio filed an opposition with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the Court to, again, deny the government’s request to stay a federal court order that the Bureau of Prisons start removing medically vulnerable people from Elkton federal prison, the site of one Read more…
Criminal Justice
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06.02.20
ACLU of Ohio Response to Statewide Protests; A Message on Systemic Racism
OHIO— The ACLU of Ohio has been monitoring the protests happening in cities and towns all across the state and closely reviewing the events that have unfolded in the wake of George Floyd’s tragic and preventable death at the hands of police. The following statement is attributed to J. Bennett Guess, Executive Director for the Read more…
Criminal Justice
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05.26.20
Supreme Court Denies Bureau of Prisons’ Request to Block Order That Will Save Lives
BOP has failed to effectuate judge-mandated reduction of population at Elkton Prison
WASHINGTON — Today the U.S. Supreme Court denied the government’s request to stay a preliminary injunction — ordered by Judge James S. Gwin of the United States District Court was for the Northern District of Ohio last month — at Elkton Federal Correction Institution. This is the first time the Trump administration has asked the Read more…
Criminal Justice