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04.24.13
ACLU Blasts Budget Amendment Restricting Student Voting Rights
Senate Finance Committee Should Eliminate Such a Blatant Attempt to Make Voting More Difficult
COLUMBUS, OH – The ACLU of Ohio is calling on the Ohio General Assembly’s Senate Finance Committee to eliminate a controversial amendment to the Ohio budget bill (HB 59) designed to make it more difficult for students to vote in their college communities. The language would require public colleges and universities to charge in-state tuition Read more…
Voting Rights
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04.18.13
Dayton Abandons Aerial Surveillance Plan
Any Future Programs Should Fully Address Civil Liberties Issues
DAYTON, OH – Yesterday, the Dayton City Manager withdrew a controversial airborne surveillance program from consideration before the Dayton City Commission. The announcement came less than two weeks after a Dayton community group voiced their concerns about the program’s cost and impact on privacy. “We appreciate the city’s recognition of the potential for privacy violations Read more…
Privacy
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04.16.13
ACLU Urges Bexley School District to Rethink Restrictive Internet Policy
Policy Limits Free Speech and Privacy for Students and Teachers
COLUMBUS, OH – The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio sent a letter to the Bexley School District yesterday, urging school officials to rethink their Internet policy authorizing the search and seizure of private electronic devices for any reason, or no reason at all. “This policy does not just restrict the constitutional rights of students Read more…
Free Speech, Student Rights
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04.09.13
ACLU Releases New Publication Showing the Rapid Decline of Privately Owned Prison
Lake Erie Correctional Institution Reportedly on Lockdown Following Prison Fight
CONNEAUT, OH – Today, the ACLU of Ohio released a timeline to state legislators and the public chronicling the first 18-months in the life of Lake Erie Correctional Institution (LaECI), the nation’s first prison sold to a for-profit company. The release comes two days before the anniversary of the Lucasville prison uprising and amidst reports Read more…
Criminal Justice, Prisoners' Rights, Racial Justice
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04.04.13
ACLU Report Exposes Debtors’ Prison Practices in Ohio
Investigation into Eleven Ohio Counties finds that Seven are Illegally Jailing People for Inability to Pay Fines
CLEVELAND – The U.S. Constitution and Ohio state law prohibit courts from jailing people for being too poor to pay their legal fines, but in several Ohio counties, local courts are doing it anyway. The ACLU of Ohio today released The Outskirts of Hope, a report that chronicles a nearly yearlong investigation into Ohio’s debtors’ Read more…
Criminal Justice, Prisoners' Rights, Racial Justice