As more people die of COVID-19 in Arizona prisons, the ACLU of Arizona is calling on Gov. Doug Ducey to immediately issue an executive order to allow some incarcerated people to return to their families.

Failure to reduce jail population is the Achilles heel for the efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S.

Today, a broad coalition of criminal justice reform organizations and allies sent a letter to all county sheriffs urging them to use their emergency powers to release persons in their custody.

State and local officials should heed public health experts’ advice and immediately release individuals in detention who are at high risk of severe illness or death from COVID-19, wrote the ACLU of Arizona in a letter sent to state and county officials.

A poll shows that likely Arizona voters from a variety of political backgrounds want a reform-minded county attorney.

The ACLU of Arizona Campaign for Smart Justice will gather at the state Capitol Wednesday for the Second Annual People Not Prisons Vigil—a candlelight ceremony to remember those who’ve died while in custody of the Arizona Department of Corrections.

The Humanist Society of Greater Phoenix and the ACLU of Arizona Campaign for Smart Justice are teaming up to host the first candidate town hall ahead of the 2020 Maricopa County Attorney’s Race.

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors appointed Allister Adel as the new Maricopa County attorney. ACLU of Arizona campaign strategist Analise Ortiz issued the following statement.