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Sep 14, 2021

Kansas agrees to $1.9M settlement for defending Kobach’s baseless voter fraud claims

TOPEKA — The Kansas Attorney General’s Office has agreed to pay the American Civil Liberties Union and other attorneys $1.9 million in fees and expenses for a five-year legal battle over an unconstitutional...

TOPEKA — The Kansas Attorney General’s Office has agreed to pay the American Civil Liberties Union and other attorneys $1.9 million in fees and expenses for a five-year legal battle over an unconstitutional...

Sep 13, 2021

The DOJ Faces Pressure To Close A Prison Which May Dodge Executive Order To Close

The ACLU and federal public defenders are warning a private prison company may be trying to avoid President Biden's executive order that bans new contracts with most for-profit detention facilities.

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The ACLU and federal public defenders are warning a private prison company may be trying to avoid President Biden's executive order that bans new contracts with most for-profit detention facilities.

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Sep 8, 2021

Redistricting efforts got off to a rough start, but we can still ensure a fair process for all

The Kansas Reflector welcomes opinion pieces from writers who share our goal of widening the conversation about how public policies affect the day-to-day lives of people throughout our state. Sharon Brett...

The Kansas Reflector welcomes opinion pieces from writers who share our goal of widening the conversation about how public policies affect the day-to-day lives of people throughout our state. Sharon Brett...

Sep 7, 2021

White House urged to shutter privately run Kansas prison

BELLE PLAINE, Kan. — A privately run maximum security federal prison in Kansas is dangerous and should be shut down when its contract expires at the end of this year, civil rights advocates and federal...

BELLE PLAINE, Kan. — A privately run maximum security federal prison in Kansas is dangerous and should be shut down when its contract expires at the end of this year, civil rights advocates and federal...

Sep 4, 2021

ACLU, public defenders urge White House to shut down violent private corrections facility in Kansas

The violence and neglect suffered by inmates at a pre-trial detention facility in Leavenworth has become so severe the facility should be shut down, a group of civil rights leaders and public defenders wrote...
The violence and neglect suffered by inmates at a pre-trial detention facility in Leavenworth has become so severe the facility should be shut down, a group of civil rights leaders and public defenders wrote...
Aug 17, 2021

Lawrence redistricting town hall participants object to racial, prison gerrymandering

Aileen Berquist, community engagement manager at the nonpartisan ACLU of Kansas, said legislators should avoid deliberately disenfranchising minorities and communities of color through gerrymandering by...

Aileen Berquist, community engagement manager at the nonpartisan ACLU of Kansas, said legislators should avoid deliberately disenfranchising minorities and communities of color through gerrymandering by...