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Please contact Sam Petto, Communications Director, for all press inquiries. (402) 476-8091, ext. 402.

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Corrections Case Decision Won’t Stop Fight for Systemic Change

LINCOLN, Neb. - In a ruling released today, U.S. District Judge Brian Buescher denied class certification in Sabata v.

June 8, 2020

Court Finds Public Has Right to Know in Death Penalty Drugs Case

LINCOLN, Neb.

May 15, 2020

New COVID-19 Case Shows Prison Overcrowding Can’t Wait

LINCOLN, Neb. – The ACLU of Nebraska is calling for state and prison officials to address chronic overcrowding in the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services in the wake of the first confirmed COVID-19 patient in the prison population.

May 13, 2020

ACLU Calls for Regulation of Meatpacking Plants

LINCOLN, Neb. – Today, the ACLU of Nebraska sent letters to four local health department directors and Nebraska Department of Labor Commissioner John Albin, calling for them to mandate increased protections for meatpacking plant workers.

May 11, 2020

Hundreds Sign Petition to Protect Essential Meatpacking Workers

LINCOLN, Neb. – More than 900 people have signed a new ACLU of Nebraska petition, calling on local health departments to take action to protect essential meatpacking plant workers.

May 7, 2020

Citing Procedural Rule, Court Won’t Order NDCS to Disclose Entire Pandemic Plan

LINCOLN, Neb.

May 1, 2020