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Ending Indefinite Solitary Confinement for the Vast Majority of People with Death Sentences in Oklahoma

After years of working collaboratively with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, we are proud to announce the end of indefinite solitary confinement for the vast majority of people incarcerated with death sentences in Oklahoma.

By Travis Handler

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Get the FLOCK Out: Town Hall

With Flock Safety's license plate reader (LPR) technology, law enforcement agencies across the country can track Oklahomas drivers in real-time — without a warrant, probable cause, or even reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing. Flock's nationwide data sharing model puts our civil rights and civil liberties at risk.

Join the ACLU of Oklahoma and partners for a presentation from ACLU National and a panel conversation with impacted individuals as we discuss Flock's nationwide data sharing model and how local police departments that contract with Flock can choose to share the LPR data.

This event is free and open to the public.

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Apr 08, 2022

You Have the Right to Record Law Enforcement Officers — Including at the Border

In a landmark settlement, the federal government was forced to concede that there is no border exception to this First Amendment right.

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Apr 07, 2022

Indigenous Students Should Be Allowed to Wear Tribal Regalia at Graduation

Department of Education officials must take action to protect Indigenous students’ rights to cultural and religious expression.

A Native American student is wearing an eagle feather to his high school graduation.
Apr 05, 2022

Four Ways the TSA Is Making Flying Easier for Transgender People

A series of changes from the TSA should make security screenings easier for transgender people traveling in airports and reduce invasive pat-downs.

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Mar 29, 2022

Title 42 Isn’t Supported By Science — The CDC Must End it Now

Mass expulsions to danger fly in the face of American values and U.S. legal commitments.

A pair of migrant families at the border wall between the United States and Mexico.
Mar 25, 2022

What You Need to Know About Cash Bail and Crime Rates

Crime is not a monolithic problem, and jailing people cannot fix it.

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Mar 24, 2022

Customs and Border Protection is Singling Out Muslim Travelers for Invasive Religious Questioning

We’re suing CBP to stop border officers from questioning our Muslim clients about their religious beliefs, practices, and associations.

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Mar 22, 2022

Five Things to Know About the Title 42 Immigrant Expulsion Policy

Since March 2020, the government has misused the order to kick out people seeking asylum more than 1.7 million times.

Demonstrators standing in front of a mobile billboard that says, “It’s past time to end Trump-era policies at the border.”
Mar 17, 2022

Texas’ Bounty Hunter Abortion Ban is a Dire Warning of What Lays Ahead for Our Reproductive Rights

What is happening in Texas is not an anomaly, but a harbinger of what may come across the United States.

A protest sign reading “More Access. More Providers. Fewer Politicians.”
Mar 17, 2022

How Women’s Rights Paved the Way for Gender Justice at the ACLU

Many recent legal battles for the rights of trans and non-binary people are rooted in the same cases that pioneered women’s rights decades ago.

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