News & Commentary about Disability Rights and the Criminal Legal System
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The ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
![Shawn Jensen (third row from bottom, ninth from left) pictured with the First Recon team in early 1968.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2022/11/Shawn_Jensen_Marine_Class-Blog-400x266.jpg)
Nov 11, 2022
Our Veterans Need Support, Not Incarceration
![An American Sign Language interpreter interpreting at an anti-racism rally and march.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2022/11/DISABILITIES_SUPERVISED_RELEASE-Blog-400x266.jpg)
Nov 7, 2022
For People with Disabilities on Parole and Probation, Accessible Communication is Essential
![Michael Kasey, who is blind, demonstrates a voting machine that allows people with disabilities to vote.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2022/07/DRP-Full-Bleed-400x266.jpg)
Jul 8, 2022
Three Ways We're Fighting for Disability Rights in Courtrooms Across the Country
![The view of a housing unit at a correctional institution in Pennsylvania.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2021/12/Prison_Blog-400x266.jpg)
Dec 22, 2021
As Omicron Surges, People in Jail and Detention are More Vulnerable Than Ever
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Nov 19, 2021
We Are Holding Arizona Accountable for the Needless Suffering and Deaths of Incarcerated People
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May 17, 2021
This Place Isn't Meant to Help You Get Better
![Custody assistants walking through hallway of the hospital ward in a jail in Los Angeles.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2020/07/WEB20-COVID-Jail-Medical-Ward-WordPress-1110x740-1-400x266.jpg)
Jul 2, 2020
How State Governments Across the Country Failed to Protect Our Communities From COVID-19