After a historic legislative-led initiative to provide commutation relief for people sentenced with charges later made misdemeanors under state question 780, the 2020 legislative session has been a record disappointment in terms of making criminal justice reform a priority.

With great disdain, we—a coalition of groups who lift up voices of the disenfranchised and oppressed communities in this state—express our most earnest opposition to HB3195. HB3195 mandates state and local authorities to actively engage in separating Oklahoma families

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: