Research & Publications

LIFT Week 2023 was a transformative week of legislative education, training and mobilization centered on issues that will create long-term systemic change for those most impacted by an unjust criminal legal system and an escalating housing crisis.

Every voice needs to be heard for our democracy to thrive and for civil rights and civil liberties to be protected and expanded.

We believe Colorado can become the most just and equitable state in the country. ACLU of Colorado can help our state reach this goal if we act proactively and marshal our combined strengths to overcome unprecedented threats to our democracy.

NATIONAL REPORT This ACLU research report, “Reckless Lawmaking: How Debt-Based Driver's License Suspension Laws Impose Harm and Waste Resources,” documents the pervasive practice of using driver’s license suspension as a consequence for unpaid fines and fees.

Ending A Broken System: Colorado’s Expensive, Ineffective and Unjust Death Penalty is a report based on an eight-month ACLU campaign to end the death penalty in Colorado.