Press Releases

The American Civil Liberties Union has media staff available to handle inquiries from journalists on issues affecting civil liberties, including questions on legislative matters that touch on civil liberties and constitutional freedoms and inquiries related to ACLU lawsuits.

Reporters with questions about ACLU work, please contact media@aclum.org.

Apr 20, 2021

ACLU statement on Derek Chauvin guilty verdict

While this verdict brings rare accountability for police, achieving this outcome for George Floyd is only one step in addressing police abuse of power, disparate treatment, and excessive force against Black and Brown communities.
Issue Areas: Racial Justice
Apr 06, 2021

ACLU calls for investigation into years of Springfield police misconduct, Hampden DA complicity

Prosecutors and police too often serve and protect each other, instead of the public. The ACLU is calling for an investigation into Springfield police violence and misconduct, and the Hampden County District Attorney’s Office’s failures to investigate and disclose that misconduct. 
Issue Areas: Police Accountability
Apr 02, 2021

ICE reduces Plymouth County Correctional Facility population due to COVID-19, ACLU lawsuit

Detention should not be a death sentence. Over 40 class members have been able to return home where they can protect their health, but more action is required to get COVID-19 under control in jails and prisons.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights
Mar 22, 2021

Statement of ACLU of Massachusetts on Senate Confirmation of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh

As the nation faces challenging unemployment and a longstanding racial wealth gap, working families have a new advocate in Washington.
Issue Areas: Government Transparency
Mar 22, 2021

Statement of the ACLU of Massachusetts on District Attorney Rollins’ “Hinton Lab Initiative"

During the Massachusetts drug lab scandals, thousands of people were wrongfully convicted of drug crimes based on faulty evidence and a government cover-up.
Issue Areas: Criminal Justice Law Reform
Mar 15, 2021

Boston introduces digital democracy ordinance

Local democracy works best when all of us are able to engage. The ACLU supports a Boston proposal to increase remote access for all public meetings.
Issue Areas: Government Transparency
Mar 01, 2021

ACLU releases public records showing widespread use of face recognition in Massachusetts

These records make clear that government officials have been using face recognition technology for years, in secret and without any democratic oversight. Massachusetts must do more to ensure all residents are free from the threat of pervasive government tracking every time we leave our homes.
Issue Areas: Privacy and Surveillance
Feb 24, 2021

ACLU backs bill to stop penalizing poverty

Taking driver’s licenses away from people who are struggling financially drives them deeper into poverty, unemployment, debt, and entanglement with the criminal legal system.
Issue Areas: Criminal Justice Law Reform
Feb 17, 2021

ACLU announces new legal fellowship for aspiring civil rights attorneys

The new legal fellowship enables the ACLU of Massachusetts to directly support novice attorneys as they develop their practice in areas such as voting rights, free speech, racial justice, immigrants’ rights, police accountability, and government surveillance.