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Jan 16, 2020

Lawmakers now have a roadmap to fix a broken jail system. Will they follow it?

Criminal Legal Reform

The Michigan Joint Task Force on Jails and Pretrial unveiled 18 recommendations for reforming a system that is not only unconstitutional, but disastrous, as studies have shown that just three days in jail...

The Michigan Joint Task Force on Jails and Pretrial unveiled 18 recommendations for reforming a system that is not only unconstitutional, but disastrous, as studies have shown that just three days in jail...

Pretrial Task Force
Pretrial Task Force
Dec 19, 2019

Method Ban Q&A: The Latest Attack on Abortion and How to Fight Back

Reproductive Freedom

Right to Life of Michigan says it has cleared a significant hurdle in its attempt to outlaw an abortion procedure known as “dilation and evacuation,” which is the medically preferred method for abortion...

By Merissa Kovach, Curt Guyette

Right to Life of Michigan says it has cleared a significant hurdle in its attempt to outlaw an abortion procedure known as “dilation and evacuation,” which is the medically preferred method for abortion...

By Merissa Kovach, Curt Guyette
Protect Abortion in Michigan: Method Ban QA
Protect Abortion in Michigan: Method Ban QA
Dec 9, 2019

Inside the Supreme Court's First Transgender Rights Case

The Nancy Katz & Margo Dichtelmiller LGBTQ+ Project

Aimee Stephens was not prepared for the outpouring of affection that greeted her when she emerged from the U.S. Supreme Court after witnessing history in the making. The Court’s nine justices, for the first...

By Curt Guyette

Aimee Stephens was not prepared for the outpouring of affection that greeted her when she emerged from the U.S. Supreme Court after witnessing history in the making. The Court’s nine justices, for the first...

By Curt Guyette
Aimee Stephens at the Supreme Court
Aimee Stephens at the Supreme Court
Dec 4, 2019

Unlocking Michigan’s Jails: Formerly locked-up offer keys to reducing incarceration

Criminal Legal Reform

Administrators at Genesee County’s jail estimate that at least 40 percent of the pretrial population has been incarcerated for over a year. And the record there—the longest time they’ve ever had someone...

By Curt Guyette

Administrators at Genesee County’s jail estimate that at least 40 percent of the pretrial population has been incarcerated for over a year. And the record there—the longest time they’ve ever had someone...

By Curt Guyette
Amanda Alexander
Amanda Alexander
Nov 15, 2019

Michigan Senate Must Pass Proposed Expungement Laws That Give Thousands with Criminal Records a Second Chance

Drug Policy

The Michigan House of Representatives voted last week to pass a package of bills that gives new hope to people with criminal records. The proposed legislation, if enacted,...

The Michigan House of Representatives voted last week to pass a package of bills that gives new hope to people with criminal records. The proposed legislation, if enacted,...

ACLU MI logo blue and white
ACLU MI logo blue and white
Oct 23, 2019

Driven to Despair: How Minor Offenses are Filling Michigan's Jails

Racial Justice

Detroit resident Kamal Lukata Anderson has been looking for an opportunity to tell his story. Last Friday, he found the ideal audience: a task force Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appointed to find...

By Curt Guyette

Detroit resident Kamal Lukata Anderson has been looking for an opportunity to tell his story. Last Friday, he found the ideal audience: a task force Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appointed to find...

By Curt Guyette
Kamal Lukata
Kamal Lukata