Press Releases

ACLU of Florida Demands Transparency Regarding COVID-19 in Prisons

Organization calls for transparency around reporting COVID-19 related deaths, medical quarantine and testing

ACLU of Florida Launches Voter Outreach Effort with Non-partisan Partners – Equal Ground, Voto Latino, Real Women Radio Foundation

New database identifies potentially eligible voters under SB7066; ACLU partners will use it as a part of their voter registration and outreach efforts to returning citizens

Florida coalition calls for governor to release of Florida prisoners due to continued threat of COVID-19

There are roughly 95,000 people now incarcerated in Florida and many prisons have dealt with serious overcrowding issues that make it practically impossible to practice social distancing. The high population creates both a public health and humanitarian crisis if an outbreak occurs. 

ACLU Announces First Ever Voter Education Push Around Sheriff, State Attorney and Supervisor of Elections Races in Orange/Osceola and Broward Counties

Civil rights group releases new online voter guide, ACLU Justice Voter, with positions on immigrants’ rights, mass incarceration, and voting access

Federal Trial Concludes in Challenge to Florida Law That Undermines Voting Rights Restoration

Trial outcome will impact the right to vote for hundreds of thousands of Floridians

ACLU of Florida Statement on Gov. DeSantis Signing the Citizen Initiative Bill Unconstitutional

Today is a sad day for our state’s democracy. Instead of embracing our state’s proud history of citizen-led ballot initiatives, state politicians have stifled the ability for Floridians to directly participate in our democracy by passing and signing this bill into law.

Groups Call on Gov. Ron DeSantis to Issue Executive Order to Safely Reduce Prison and Jail Populations Amid Coronavirus Outbreaks

Advocates urge swift action as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in jails and prisons continue to rise statewide

Florida Campaign for Criminal Justice Reform calls for release of Florida prisoners with threat of COVID-19 looming

The coalition is now calling for every effort to be made to get people out of jails and prisons as quickly as possible.