News & Commentary
Oct 16, 2023
Kansas officials lift ban on a shop selling Wicca items. But questions about prison mail remain. - Kansas Reflector
“We’ve definitely had concerns about First Amendment rights,” Tseng said, “in terms of not only political content, but also religious content that prisoners haven’t been able to get. There doesn’t appear to be any real reason for the prisons to censor these materials.”
Oct 12, 2023
Wichita gang list members win class-action status in lawsuit | The Wichita Eagle
A federal court in Wichita has granted class-action status to 5,245 people on the Wichita Police Department’s gang list in a suit filed by the ACLU and the Kansas Appleseed Center for Law and Justice in 2021, seeks to strike down a state law and city policy.
Oct 09, 2023
Curbing the ‘Kansas Two-step’: How Data Analysis Sheds Light on Police Bias - Knowledge at Wharton
The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas is crediting research from experts at Wharton and Princeton with helping to win its federal court case against the Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) over unconstitutional treatment of out-of-state drivers.
Oct 02, 2023
Wharton Research Helps ACLU Win Fourth Amendment Case - Analytics at Wharton
The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas is crediting research from experts at Wharton and Princeton with helping to win its federal court case against the Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) over unconstitutional treatment of out-of-state drivers.
Sep 27, 2023
Organizations worried as Wyandotte Co. Election Commissioner refuses meeting
The ACLU of Kansas says that 10 agencies and organizations in Wyandotte Co. are surprised and disappointed after Election Commissioner Michael Abbott denied a meeting to discuss the need for better language access and early voting this season.
Sep 25, 2023
Ten Kansas advocacy groups rebuffed by Wyandotte County election commissioner
“We were certainly surprised by this denial,” said Leslie Butsch, field organizing director of ACLU of Kansas. “It’s not often that this many organizations and community groups come together on an issue and ask for the same thing.”
Sep 22, 2023
Why does Wyandotte County do so much worse for voters than other Kansas communities? | Opinion
A recent report on statewide election policies by the ACLU of Kansas found that between the 2018 and 2022 elections, Wyandotte’s turnout dropped 10.81% — more than twice the statewide average. Our community and our democracy require better of us.
Sep 21, 2023
Kansas county scuttles talk of converting Leavenworth jail to ICE detention center
The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas said in a statement that it was glad the commission realized allowing CoreCivic to house ICE detainees “would be an unsafe, inhumane decision.”
Sep 18, 2023
ACLU reminds Kansans why private prison closed as attempts to reopen begin
“As described in our letter, CoreCivic is plainly unable to run a facility that meets even the bare minimum standards afforded by our Constitution,” said Sharon Brett, Legal Director of the ACLU of Kansas. “CoreCivic demonstrated a consistent and deliberate indifference to mitigating the dangerous and unconstitutional conditions in the Leavenworth facility, as it has elsewhere in the country. The Leavenworth Government should not invite CoreCivic back to once again abuse individuals’ human and civil rights. The constitutional imperatives that CoreCivic is incapable of following remain, and we urge the Commission to reject their bid to get back in business in Kansas.”
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