News & Commentary

It is clear from the investigative reporting done by ProPublica and the South Bend Tribune, that  Elkhart Police Officers cannot police themselves. 

For 30 years, this day has been a celebration of the bravery and power of LGBTQ people who choose to live openly as their whole, true selves. October 11, 2018 marks the 30th anniversary of National Coming Out Day.

The ACLU of Indiana is representing two prisoners at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, and was recently granted  a preliminary injunction concerning the Indiana Department of Correction (DOC) facilities' policy that all incoming correspondence to prisoners must be in a plain white envelope and the correspondence must be on originally purchased, plain white, lined paper. The policy, Executive Directive #18-34, severely restricts the type of non-legal mail that can be sent to prisoners.

Following community conversation surrounding the possibility of amending or rezoning land in Roselawn to allow for GEO Group to open an immigrant detention center, the board of commissioners issued a statement rejecting support of the project.

We are disappointed by the actions the Roncalli administration has taken toward a member of their staff.  Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is inconsistent with our American values of fairness and equality.  No one should have

We were deeply saddened by the news that Congregation Shaarey Tefilla, a Carmel, Indiana synagogue, was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti over the weekend. The ACLU of Indiana will do everything we can to support Jewish community members and continue to promote an open, interreligious dialogue. An act of such hatred and defacement is appalling. No individual should be discriminated against, or made to feel intimidated, based on who they are or where they worship. 

The Trump-Pence administration – utilizing ICE, Border Patrol, the Department of Homeland Security and Jeff Sessions’ Justice Department – is cruelly separating families at the border for no legitimate reason. Immigration authorities have separated thousands of children from their families.Today, Indiana community members are standing up to take action at the

Our hearts are heavy this morning as another school shooting broke out here at home, at Noblesville West Middle School, Noblesville, Indiana. The students, faculty and families are in our thoughts.The systems designed to protect

The ACLU of Indiana family is saddened to learn that our friend and long time leader Len Goldstein passed away on April 20th, 2018.