Issues

Learn about what's happening across the most pressing civil liberties issues of our time, and what you can do.

Featured Issues

ACLU-CT Smart Justice leaders, in blue fleeces, stand side by side holding a "March for Liberation" banner. They are joining a chant.

Racial Justice

We believe in eliminating racism and in advancing racial justice, and we support and advocate for changes that actively combat racism and work toward a racially just and equitable Connecticut.
Last updated Jun 21, 2017
A group of Smart Justice leaders, advocates, and legislators, all wearing masks, stand behind the ACLU-CT's blue "People Not Prisons" banner outside of the Connecticut state capitol building.

Smart Justice

ACLU Smart Justice Connecticut is campaigning to end mass incarceration and eliminate racial disparities in Connecticut's justice system. We are led by an unprecedented cohort of leaders who have ourselves been directly impacted by Connecticut's justice system.
Last updated May 16, 2018
Smart Justice leaders are gathered in front of the Capitol to speak about prosecutorial accountability and one leader, in the center, stands at the podium as they speak.

Criminal Legal System

We address the front end – policing and prosecutors – and back end – the carceral system and its collateral consequences – of the criminal legal system.
Last updated Jun 21, 2017

All Issues

The focus of this image is a neon green sign that reads "Disability rights = Civil rights."

Disability Rights

Last updated Dec 04, 2020
A crowd of people is gathered around the clock tower in Waterbury, Connecticut. The sky is blue and it is sunny. A Black man is in the foreground, back to the camera, with fist raised. He is wearing a backpack.

Economic Justice

Through litigation and advocacy, we aim to remedy deeply entrenched sources of economic inequality and ensure that access to opportunity and the ability to build wealth is available to all.
Last updated Aug 09, 2023
A crowd stands in front of a rental management building with signs to advocate for equitable housing. Gus, our campaign manager, is in the center in focus with a sign that says "end housing discrimination against people with a record of conviction."

Housing

Housing is a basic human right, and equal access to housing is a civil right guaranteed under our laws.
Last updated Aug 04, 2023
In a crowd of people, the focal point is on a person holding a white sign that reads in black, "I

Reproductive Justice

Through litigation, advocacy, and public education, our work focuses on a range of issues, including protecting access to affordable contraception, protecting a pregnant person's ability to make personal, private decisions about pregnancy and abortion, and fighting pregnancy discrimination.
Last updated Dec 04, 2020