ACLU News

Prisoner Rights
ACLU of Arizona Says Harsh Sentencing Bills Before Arizona Senate Committee Wrong Way to Go
Despite efforts by states across the country to implement policy reforms to cut crime rates and incarceration costs, members of the Arizona Senate Judiciary Committee today will hear a series of ‘tough on crime’ measures that will increase...
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Immigrant Rights
ICE Out of Pinal County Jail: Advocates Call for an End to Immigration Detention Contract
A coalition of local and national immigrants’ and civil rights organizations, faith groups and community members today called on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to end its detention contract with the Pinal County Jail (PCJ) in...
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Drug Policy
Gov. Brewer’s Decision to Implement Arizona Medical Marijuana Law Will Provide Overdue Relief to Sick Patients, Says ACLU
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer today said she will implement the state’s voter-approved medical marijuana law, nine days after a federal judge granted a request by the American Civil Liberties Union to throw out a lawsuit filed by Brewer seeking...
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Voting Rights
ACLU Intervenes in Arizona’s Challenge of the Voting Rights Act
A federal district court has granted the American Civil Liberties Union’s motion to intervene in a suit brought by Arizona challenging a section of the federal Voting Rights Act that helps ensure voting rights are protected.
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Drug Policy
Federal Judge Grants ACLU Request to Throw Out Lawsuit Challenging Arizona Medical Marijuana Law
A federal judge today granted an American Civil Liberties Union request and threw out a lawsuit filed by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer seeking to strike down the state’s voter-approved medical marijuana law that would allow sick patients to...
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Racial Justice
2012 New Year Resolutions for Government Officials
Stand with the ACLU of Arizona in 2012 as we work to hold elected officials accountable and defend and preserve individual rights and liberties. 
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Racial Justice
Federal Court Puts Halt to Illegal Traffic Stops of Latinos in Maricopa County
A federal district court today put a halt to the systematic practice by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office of stopping and arresting Latinos based only on suspicion of unlawful presence in the United States and without any evidence of...
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Reproductive Rights
Court Blocks Implementation of Arizona Law that Withholds Critical Resources for Women’s Health
A federal court today has temporarily blocked the implementation of an Arizona law that would exclude any nonprofit organization that provides abortion referrals or counseling from receiving donations through the state’s Working Poor Tax...
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Racial Justice
ACLU Appears in Court Challenging Racial Profiling by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio
A week after the U.S. Department of Justice issued a scathing report documenting widespread civil rights abuses by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the American Civil Liberties Union appeared in court to ask a federal court judge to...
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Immigrant Rights
ACLU Reacts to DOJ Decision to Hold Maricopa County Accountable for Violating Civil Rights of Latinos in Maricopa County
The U.S. Department of Justice today announced that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has committed a wide range of civil rights violations against Latinos as part of his misguided and overzealous anti-immigrant agenda and ordered the...
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New ACLUAZ Reports

Detention Report

Based on 115 face-to-face interviews with detainees held in Eloy and Florence, Arizona, the 36-page report, In Their Own Words: Enduring Abuse in Arizona Immigration Detention Centers, is the most comprehensive report documenting the experiences of immigrants detained by the federal government in the state. 

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A Force to be Reckoned With: Taser use and policies in 20 Arizona law enforcement agencies represents the most comprehensive survey of Taser use by law enforcement agencies in Arizona to date. To our knowledge, it is also the first independent examination of the relationship between Taser use and the frequency of deployment of lethal force by police in Arizona.

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SB 1070 News

What happens in Arizona stops in Arizona

LATEST NEWS:
A big win and major victory for civil rights and civil liberties! On April 11, a federal appellate court affirmed the Arizona district court decision to block the most troubling provisions of the state’s racial profiling law.
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ACLU Blog

From Nixon's Enemies List to Skokie: Remembering the ACLU's Jay Miller
January 26, 2012
For Jay A. Miller, the ACLU was his life — not just a career. Working for fairness and justice was woven into Jay’s DNA — he lived, breathed and embodied civil liberties. A one-time union organizer who organized his...
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