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ACLU-VA's statement on House committee killing two important, bipartisan criminal legal reform bills that would establish independent oversight over VDOC and provide no-cost prison communications for Virginia families.
The ACLU of Virginia filed a motion seeking leave to file an amicus curiae brief in the Circuit Court for the city of Richmond in support of Connor Bleakley and Sami Alsawaf calling on the court to strike down the fee and residency requirements in Virginia Code 20-25 as unconstitutional.
Today, the Commonwealth of Virginia affirmed that peer masking in Virginia public schools is a reasonable modification for students with disabilities that put them at severe risk if they contract COVID- 19 as part of a settlement in the Seaman et al. vs. Commonwealth of Virginia et al. lawsuit.
This month a state working group delivered a report to the Virginia General Assembly with policy recommendations for eliminating or reducing the costs and fees of products and services.
ACLU of Virginia challenges rollback of earned sentence credit program before Virginia Supreme Court.
On September 29, 2022, the ACLU of Virginia added its voice to over 50,000 comments opposing the proposed model policies for transgender and nonbinary students.