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Court Case
Feb 04, 2021
A photo of a bed and desk in a cell at Northern Correctional Institution in Somers, Connecticut. A metal cot-like bed is against a concrete wall on the right. On the left, a small desk and door. The space is small, barren, concrete.
  • Criminal Legal System|
  • +1 Issue

Disability Rights Connecticut v Department of Correction

With our partners, the ACLU-CT sued the Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) for its continuing physical and psychological abuse of people with mental illness incarcerated in DOC prisons and jails.
Court Case
Oct 23, 2020
ACLU of Connecticut photo of laptop, phone, headphones with an ACLU of Connecticut sticker
  • Racial Justice|
  • +2 Issues

Open Communities Alliance v Carson

With other civil rights organizations, the ACLU of Connecticut is suing over the Trump Administration's new HUD rule that would roll back critical protections for fair housing by creating unnecessary barriers for victims of housing discrimination attempting to prove discriminatory practices.
Court Case
Jul 02, 2020
a white envelope against wood background. written on the envelope: LET PEOPLE VOTE
  • Voting Rights

Connecticut NAACP v. Merrill

The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Connecticut filed a federal lawsuit on July 2, 2020, seeking to make absentee mail-in voting available to every eligible voter during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Court Case
Aug 28, 2017
Cromwell police officer Sarah Alicea was discriminated against for being pregnant
  • Women's Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Alicea v. Cromwell

The ACLU and ACLU of Connecticut have filed a pregnancy discrimination charge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO) on behalf of police officer Sarah Alicea.