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ACLU Releases Report on Solitary Confinement Reform in Maine

PORTLAND – A new report out today from the ACLU of Maine documents the successful reform of solitary confinement in Maine’s prisons. Change Is Possible: A Case Study Of Solitary Confinement Reform In Maine provides a case study of what is possible and a model for achieving significant change.

March 11, 2013

ACLU Applauds Passage of Student Restraints Compromise

AUGUSTA - The ACLU of Maine applauded the Education Committee of the Maine Legislature for approving an amendment to LD 243, which deals with the use of restraints in the classroom.

March 6, 2013

ACLU of Maine Joins Nationwide Investigation into Police Use of Military Technology & Tactics

PORTLAND – The ACLU of Maine and affiliates in 22 other states today filed simultaneous public records requests to determine the extent to which local police departments are using federally subsidized military technology and tactics that are traditionally used overseas.

March 6, 2013

ACLU Urges Legislators to Support National Popular Vote

AUGUSTA – The ACLU of Maine today urged lawmakers to support LD 511, which would allow Maine to participate in the National Popular Vote compact.

March 4, 2013

Civil Rights Advocates Urge Legislature To Protect Voting Rights of All Mainers

Augusta – Representatives of the ACLU of Maine, the NAACP and the Maine Council of Churches will hold a press conference Monday to call on legislators to reject proposed legislation that would take voting rights away from some incarcerated people in Maine.

March 4, 2013

ACLU of Maine Calls for Limits on Drone Surveillance

Augusta – The ACLU of Maine and other privacy advocates will testify today in favor of a bill to put reasonable limits on law enforcement use of drones for surveillance. "An Act To Protect the Privacy of Citizens from Domestic Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Use," sponsored by Sen.

February 26, 2013