After more than eight years at the helm of the ACLU of Oklahoma, Executive Director Ryan Kiesel announced that he will step down from his role in June of this year. Kiesel will remain with the affiliate this spring as the Board leads a national search process for a new Executive Director.

In response to today’s scheduled floor hearing of HB 1182, a bill equal to an abortion ban, the ACLU of Oklahoma released the following statement.

In response to ODOC’s Sunday night announcement that all facilities have been locked down following fights at 5 different locations, resulting in more than a dozen hospitalizations and a death, the ACLU of Oklahoma issued the following statement:

In response to Wednesday's raid on two Stillwater businesses by federal agents, the ACLU of Oklahoma released the following statement:

In response to the judge ruling the defendant could remain in drug court, Mashburn asked the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals to rule that judges have no discretion to decide if someone stays in drug court: