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Jun 19, 2014

Claudia’s Story: How a Domestic Violence Victim’s Call for Help Resulted in Three Days in Jail and Deportation Proceedings

Claudia Valdez’s story underscores how our system of immigration enforcement is badly broken and why local law enforcement’s participation in immigration enforcement makes our community less safe. Ms....

Jun 19, 2014

Profile of Claudia Valdez

The evening of June 28, 2012, Claudia Valdez-Sandoval called the police for help. She had been fighting with her husband. The fight had turned physical, and she feared for the safety of herself and her...

Jun 12, 2014

ACLU of Colorado Announces 2014 Civil Rights Award Recipients

June 12, 2014
DENVER – The ACLU of Colorado is excited to announce that Laura Rovner, Bob Connelly, and the late Dr. Vincent Harding have been selected to receive our 2014 Civil Rights Awards, which...

Jun 12, 2014

Colbert Report Takes on Debtors' Prisons

Did you catch Stephen Colbert's "debt or prison" segment last night on The Colbert Report? Stephen runs through the sadly comical ways in which being a prisoner and being a debtor are converging and...

Jun 6, 2014

DISH's new accommodations for nursing mothers send the right message

When I became pregnant with my son in 2010, I had no idea what parenthood had in store for me or how my little guy would enrich my life. I did however know that there was one thing that I wanted to provide...

Jun 6, 2014

Governor Hickenlooper Signs Ban on Long Term Solitary Confinement of Prisoners with Serious Mental Illness

June 6, 2014
DENVER - Statement of ACLU of Colorado Public Policy Director Denise Maes on SB 64, a bill banning long term solitary confinement of prisoners with serious mental illness, which was...