Press Releases

Apr 02, 2020

Community Stakeholders Urge Broward County Officials to Implement Public Safety Measures and Reduce the Spread of COVID-19 in Correctional Facilities

Incarcerated individuals and jail staff are at heightened risk of infection as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to grow in Broward County
Apr 02, 2020

Advocates Urge Palm Beach County Officials to Drastically Reduce Jail Populations Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

South Florida now has more than half of all confirmed COVID-19 cases in Florida
Mar 19, 2020

Groups call on U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) to suspend immigration check-ins in Miramar during the coronavirus pandemic

Immigration advocates today sent a letter to U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) calling on the agency to suspend all in-person check-ins at its Miramar facility in light of the spread of coronavirus in Broward County.
Mar 18, 2020

ACLU of Florida Greater Miami Chapter calls on the Miami Beach Police Department to end excessive policing practices that discriminately target African American visitors during Spring Break

The ACLU of Florida Greater Miami Chapter today issued a letter to all City of Miami Beach leadership and its police command staff decrying the perceived disparity in treatment of African-American visitors by the Miami Beach Police Department during this year’s Spring Break in the time of COVID-19.
Mar 17, 2020

Dozens of civil rights groups demand Coronavirus precautions for people in state prisons, jails and federal detention in the Deep South

The coalition of civil rights advocacy organizations are calling on states, in a series of demand letters, to immediately develop evidence-based protocols and proactively plan the prevention and management of a COVID-19 outbreak.
Mar 09, 2020

ACLU of Florida Condemns Passage of E-Verify Bill

We urge House representatives to oppose this bill and prevent our state employers from being forced to participate in one of the largest government surveillance programs in the Country.