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Aug 27, 2020

ACLU of Missouri File Suit Against City of Florissant for Unconstitutional Ordinances Used To Silence and Intimidate Protesters Demanding Police Accountability

We filed suit this morning against the City of Florissant challenging three unconstitutional ordinances that give officers unfettered power and are arbitrarily applied to violate protesters’ First and...

Aug 27, 2020

COVID-19 is spreading rapidly in Missouri jails and prisons

As of August, 27, 101 inmates and 46 staff have tested positive for the coronavirus in the Greene County Jail. Reports affirm that Greene County jail did not provide PPE until after positive cases were...

Aug 24, 2020

Claiming My Crown: Justice Gatson

It is possible to make sure that Black people, men, women, and children are not punished because of their natural hair. We can work together and pass the CROWN Act. It’s possible to envision a world that...

Aug 21, 2020

ACLU of Missouri Files Lawsuit Against Maries County Sheriff's Office for Purposefully Violating Missouri's Sunshine Law.

The ACLU of Missouri was made aware of threatening social media posts on the Maries County Sheriff’s Official Government Facebook page, implying that the Sheriff would organize armed citizens to...

Aug 21, 2020

Missouri Department of Corrections Required to Provide Lifesaving Hepatitis C Treatment to Thousands Behind Bars

ACLU of Missouri, Macarthur Justice Center, and Wilkinson Walsh LLP reach landmark...

Missouri Department of Corrections Required to Provide Lifesaving Hepatitis C Treatment to Thousands Behind Bars

ACLU of Missouri, Macarthur Justice Center, and Wilkinson Walsh LLP reach landmark...

Jul 31, 2020

New Survey Effort Launches to Collect Data On Sex Workers In St. Louis And Kansas City; ACLU-MO Hiring Short Term Positions

The Trans Justice Program at the ACLU of Missouri is pleased to announce an incredibly special statewide research project and the very first of the newly coined MO Ho Justice Coalition.