Press Releases

33,000 Arizona Prisoners Now Can Sue State Over Health Care, Solitary Confinement

SAN FRANCISCO – Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit unanimously ruled that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), ACLU of Arizona and the Prison Law Office can move forward with a lawsuit against the state of Arizona on behalf of all 33,000 prisoners in the state’s 10 prisons.
Issue Areas: Prisoners' Rights

South Tucson Officials Agree to Comprehensive Revision of Police Practices Related to SB 1070

SOUTH TUCSON, ARIZ.—The American Civil Liberties Union and officials of South Tucson late yesterday signed a comprehensive settlement overhauling the South Tucson Police Department’s policies with respect to immigration enforcement.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

ACLU appoints Community Advisory Board in MCSO Racial Profiling Case

PHOENIX – The ACLU today named the three individuals who will serve on the Community Advisory Board that a federal judge created to foster public trust in the MCSO and its reform process.
Issue Areas: Racial Justice

ACLU, U. Arizona law professors sue U.S. Department of Homeland Security for Border Patrol records

TUCSON—The ACLU of Arizona and two University of Arizona law professors filed a public information lawsuit today against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for records relating to U.S. Border Patrol’s interior enforcement operations in southern Arizona.
Issue Areas: Border Rights

ACLU of Arizona to challenge Phoenix’s unconstitutional manifesting prostitution law in court

PHOENIX—The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona will argue in court Friday morning that a Phoenix law prohibiting the “manifest[ation of an] intent to commit or solicit an act of prostitution” violates both the Arizona and U.S. Constitutions.

Victory for Zander and other Arizona medical marijuana patients

PHOENIX–The Maricopa County Superior Court ruled late Friday in favor of five-year-old Zander Welton, finding that his parents and physicians could resume treating his seizure disorder with a marijuana extract.

Advocates for Women of Color Appeal Discriminatory Arizona Abortion Ban

PHOENIX — The National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) of Maricopa County today appealed the dismissal of their challenge to Arizona’s discriminatory race- and sex-based abortion ban (HB 2443).

ACLU of Arizona Applauds Gov. Brewer's Decision to Veto Discriminatory Law

PHOENIX – Arizona governor Jan Brewer today vetoed a controversial law that would have opened the door for discrimination against any group based on religious objections. In particular, SB 1062 would have allowed businesses and service providers to refuse to serve LGBT people.
Issue Areas: LGBTQ+ Rights