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ACLU of Virginia publications offer a variety of issue-area content and general ACLU information for your research, education, or advocacy needs, or just to satisfy your curiosity.
Did you know that the most powerful person in Virginia’s criminal system is not the judge who enters a verdict against defendants? It is actually the local prosecutor, called the Commonwealth’s Attorney in Virginia.
October 25, 2018
This report discusses the negative impacts of solitary confinement as practiced in Virginia, the systemic difficulties prisoners have in escaping it and returning to the general population, and the State’s failure to exclude individuals with serious mental health problems from solitary confinement.
May 10, 2018
Achieving racial justice is one of the most important goals of the ACLU of Virginia. It is both a specific focus of our work and a goal that informs and affects nearly every aspect of our civil rights and civil liberties mission.
May 9, 2018
The ACLU of Virginia prepares a white paper titled Permitting Demonstrations: Guiding Principles, which summarizes the legal principles that should guide a governmental entity in permitting protests and demonstrations.
January 10, 2018