Read the ACLU-VA's letter to the Virginia Department of Corrections demanding it honor the earned sentence credits of everyone with an eligible inchoate offense.
“We are a community of the forgotten… the unwanted…the misunderstood. We are human beings who came together and formed bonds forged in the worst of circumstances," Mark described in a poem stirred by...
"VDOC and the Attorney General are supposed to uphold and apply the law as written, but instead, they manufactured their own interpretation of it and hoped no one would notice,” said ACLU of Virginia Senior...
“After the fall of Roe v. Wade, it’s become clear that extremists won’t stop at abortion, but are after all reproductive health care – including contraception.”
“If Governor Youngkin – or the Virginia Sheriffs’ Association – were serious about public safety, he wouldn’t make it harder for people to come forward when they need help," said ACLU of Virginia Policy...
In the courts
We are taking legal action to protect the rights of people who are incarcerated, fight back against censorship efforts, ensure students with disabilities are able to go to school like their peers, and continue to defend civil rights and civil liberties across the Commonwealth.
Jose Isais Garcia Vasquez v. Dotson and Darden
The ACLU of Virginia filed a case challenging Virginia Department of Correction's (VADOC) refusal to award expanded sentence credits to people with certain convictions, unlawfully extending their incarceration.