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The Process and Results of Passing HB5: An Opinion from Retired Jail and Corrections Employees
HB5, the “Safer Kentucky Act,” is emotion-based legislation, rather than the evidence-based legislation Kentucky deserves. Legislators and research organizations who presented data and asked hard questions...
It's Veto Time: We're Asking Gov. Beshear to Veto These Bills
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ACLU-KY Responds to Supreme Court Decision that Cities Can Punish People for Being Homeless
The Supreme Court ruled today that cities can punish unhoused people for sleeping in public, even if they have nowhere else to go. This decision goes against longstanding Supreme Court precedent that it is...
Supreme Court to Review Constitutionality of Transgender Youth Healthcare Ban
The Supreme Court of the United States has decided to review the Sixth Circuit’s decision preventing transgender youth from receiving necessary medical care in Tennessee and Kentucky.
ACLU-KY Statement on Death at LMDC
The Louisville Metro Department of Corrections reported the death of Richard Graham, a 34-year-old Black man housed in the Louisville jail Sunday morning.
The legal fight to protect trans youth
Doe v. Thornbury - Challenge to Transgender Health Care Ban
We're suing in federal court to prevent the gender-affirming healthcare ban portion of Senate Bill 150, one of the worst anti-trans laws in the nation.
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