One of the main ways ACLU-DC works to protect civil liberties and civil rights is through litigation. This section of our website documents the cases we’re working on now and those we’ve handled in recent years. Click here for general information about what types of cases we litigate.
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Across the country, most criminal prosecutions take place in state and local courts, not federal courts. That’s because most cases are prosecuted by state and local authorities. By contrast, because D.C....
Hope Village is the largest federal halfway house in the country, with approximately 300 beds. It is the only federally contracted halfway house for men in the District of Columbia. Hope Village houses...
COVID-19 poses an unprecedented threat to a group of District of Columbia residents in the custody of the District of Columbia Department of Corrections (“DOC”). In the final week of March 2020, the DOC...
