Maine lawmakers are pushing for policies that rely on the core ideas of the failed War on Drugs by attempting to address a public health crisis with mass incarceration instead of increased access to healthcare, housing, and jobs.
A federal judge has ordered ICE to conduct a search for documents concerning a planned Scarborough facility and the agency’s detention practices in Maine.
We're calling on Maine lawmakers to take action following a victory for fair process at the Maine Supreme Court
The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine will today call on the Legislature to include significant new funding and structural reforms in the state’s two-year budget.
The ACLU of Maine today celebrates the 100th birthday of Justice Louis Scolnik, an accomplished judge and civil rights icon in Maine.
The ACLU of Maine has joined with ACLU affiliates around the country in a letter to the U.S. Department of Treasury seeking an investigation into the widespread, improper use of COVID relief funds to build and expand jails and prisons, including the money allocated in Penobscot County.