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Sep 29, 2022

Three People Share How Ankle Monitoring Devices Fail, Harm, and Stigmatize

Electronic monitoring typically uses GPS tracking systems in devices referred to as ankle bracelets, ankle shackles, or tethers to record the location of their wearers. This includes people awaiting trial,...
Electronic monitoring typically uses GPS tracking systems in devices referred to as ankle bracelets, ankle shackles, or tethers to record the location of their wearers. This includes people awaiting trial,...
A woman pulls up her pant leg and shows her ankle monitor.
A woman pulls up her pant leg and shows her ankle monitor.
Sep 29, 2022

For Defense Attorneys: Tips for Effectively Challenging Pretrial Electronic Monitoring

ACLU created a list of tips and resources to help challenge the imposition of electronic monitoring.
ACLU created a list of tips and resources to help challenge the imposition of electronic monitoring.
An individual wearing an ankle monitor.
An individual wearing an ankle monitor.
Sep 28, 2022

How to Navigate Mental Health Apps That May Share Your Data

As period-tracking apps draw scrutiny, we should also consider how a broader array of health apps may intrude on our privacy.
As period-tracking apps draw scrutiny, we should also consider how a broader array of health apps may intrude on our privacy.
Image of Talkspace app on a smartphone on a white background.
Image of Talkspace app on a smartphone on a white background.
Sep 28, 2022

Friends Ask Friends to Vote

The midterm elections are coming, but voting can be confusing and overwhelming. People want to be good voters. They want to make informed choices about who to vote for and how to vote on issues.
The midterm elections are coming, but voting can be confusing and overwhelming. People want to be good voters. They want to make informed choices about who to vote for and how to vote on issues.
A voting booth
A voting booth
Sep 26, 2022

50 Years of Fighting for the Rights of Incarcerated People

The ACLU’s National Prison Project continues to ensure the Constitution’s protections reach every incarcerated person.
The ACLU’s National Prison Project continues to ensure the Constitution’s protections reach every incarcerated person.
With helmets, gas masks and armed with shotguns, state police overlook the Attica prison yard which is filled with prisoners, face down in mud with their hands behind their heads. Other policemen are in orange ponchos are walking and searching the...
With helmets, gas masks and armed with shotguns, state police overlook the Attica prison yard which is filled with prisoners, face down in mud with their hands behind their heads. Other policemen are in orange ponchos are walking and searching the...
Sep 23, 2022

Learn About Where Secretary of State Candidates Land on Voting Issues

See where local candidates land on civil liberties and civil rights.
See where local candidates land on civil liberties and civil rights.
A hand putting a ballot into a ballot box.
A hand putting a ballot into a ballot box.