Legislation

The ACLU-CT strongly supports S.B. 143 because housing is a basic human right. Our communities are stronger when everyone has access to a safe home and the opportunity to succeed.

Everyone has the right to due process and basic fairness in our legal system. We must reduce the number of people that come into contact with the criminal legal system in the first place and redirect people towards the appropriate diversionary programs.

Housing is a basic human right, everyone should have access to safe, affordable housing. Our communities are stronger when everyone has a safe home and the opportunity to succeed.

Police traffic stops are the most common form of interaction between people and police. H.B. 5324, An Act Establishing Secondary Traffic Violations, would help to end low-level traffic stops in the state for violations that do not impact public safety but do increase racial disparities in policing.

Smart Justice was at the Capitol day in and day out this year, fighting for a healthier, freer Connecticut.

Prosecutors hold people’s lives in their hands: their decisions impact a person’s freedom, fundamental rights, and entire future.

We support S.B. 1212 and H.B. 6895 which prescribe those kinds of reviews and provide an important chance to modernize and prune our criminal statutes.

Among the more cruel and unjust aspects of the system of mass incarceration is the criminalization of children and young people.

The ACLU-CT supports Senate Bill 6738 as one of the many necessary steps to ensuring that no one ever dies in DOC custody during a public health crisis again.