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Apr 28, 2025

Beyond child support: The implications of a Kansas fetal personhood bill

Rashane Hamby, director of Policy and Research at the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas, presented opposing testimony at the Feb. 27 Senate hearing. “HB 2062 represents a backdoor assault on women'...

Apr 26, 2025

Not In Our Backyard: Some Pro-Trump Towns Push Against Detention Centers

Opposition to an immigration detention center in Leavenworth, Kansas, illustrates a tension playing out across the country.

Apr 25, 2025

Shuttered Leavenworth for-profit prison seeks to house immigrants. What to know

In 2021, the American Civil Liberties Union urged the White House to close the facility, which was later achieved when then-President Joe Biden issued an executive order ending any contracts with private...

Apr 17, 2025

Former corrections workers battle CoreCivic opening Leavenworth ICE detention center

Esmie Tseng, spokeswoman for ACLU of Kansas, said the Thursday press conference was a way to keep the issue in front of the Leavenworth community. Although organizations put the event together, she said it’s...

Apr 17, 2025

Wyandotte County judge dismisses death penalty challenge on procedural grounds

The constitutional challenge brought by the American Civil Liberties Union and other organizations came to an end once their clients accused of capital crimes no longer faced the ultimate punishment.

Apr 16, 2025

Kansas judge tosses death penalty challenge but says capital punishment is flawed

The American Civil Liberties Union and other national legal groups have awaited the ruling since October, when they filed legal challenges in Kansas against the death penalty and a practice called death...