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The American Civil Liberties Union recently released a comprehensive analysis of Federal Civil Rights Data from 2015-16. The report highlights severely under-resourced schools and a failure to follow mental health professionals’ recommendations for adequate student support.
Today the ACLU of Nebraska and our legal partners filed a motion for class certification in our lawsuit against the Dept. of Correctional Services asserting that extreme overcrowding in Nebraska prisons has led to violations of the constitutional rights of prisoners.
The Nebraska Supreme Court decision released today regarding our case, Sandoval v. Ricketts, affirms the district court's dismissal of the inmates' suit.
Today the ACLU of Nebraska released a first of its kind investigative report detailing school police programs across Nebraska and analyzing their impact on students’ civil rights and civil liberties.
"We are disappointed in Governor Ricketts' decision to deploy the honorable men and women of the Nebraska National Guard to perpetuate a political war on immigrants, refugees and asylees."
LINCOLN, Neb – Today the ACLU of Nebraska, Nebraska Civic Engagement Table, Civic Nebraska, Outlinc and the Professional Transgender Resource Network provided education to state and county election officials about voting access for transgender and gender non-conforming Nebraskans.