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Jury Forces Saginaw County Jail to Pay $145,000 in Prison Abuse Case

A federal jury today found the Saginaw County Jail responsible for the egregious and unconstitutional treatment of detainees and awarded 4 plaintiffs $145,000 in damages.

March 12, 2008

ACLU, Catholic Conference Urge Panel to Reexamine State's Juvenile Sentences

At a hearing today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan along with the Michigan Catholic Conference and dozens of juvenile justice supporters urged House Judiciary Committee members to support a package of bills that would prohibit the sentencing of juveniles to life in prison without

January 23, 2008

ACLU to Testify at House Committee Hearing on Harsh Juvenile Sentencing Laws

The Michigan House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. to address a package of bills (HB4402 –HB4405) that would prohibit the sentencing of juveniles to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

January 22, 2008

State Amendment Stripping Prisoners of Civil Rights Unconstitutional

The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan lauded a federal judge’s ruling striking down a 2000 amendment to the state civil rights law that stripped prisoners from protection against sex, race and religious discrimination.

January 25, 2007

Michigan Judge Threatens $2 Million Fine for Inadequate Prison Health Care

The American Civil Liberties Union National Prison Project and two Ann Arbor civil rights attorneys, Patricia Streeter and Michael Barnhart, today lauded a ruling by a Michigan judge calling for improvements to deficient prison health care.

December 8, 2006

ACLU Encouraged by U.N. Questioning of U.S. Government

The American Civil Liberties Union and over forty other non-governmental organizations appeared today to monitor testimony delivered by the United States government to the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC) about its compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Right

July 18, 2006