Filter Press

City of Columbus Agrees to Revise Permit Rules

COLUMBUS – The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio has dismissed a lawsuit against the city of Columbus over a 2012 permit ordinance that made it harder for political groups to exercise their First Amendment rights in public.

July 24, 2013 Free Speech

ACLU Calls on ODRC to Stop Cutting Power to Ohio Prisons

CLEVELAND – Today the ACLU of Ohio called on the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) to put an end to their practice of shutting down the electricity at Ohio correctional institutions in exchange for money from KOREnergy Ltd. a private energy contractor.

July 18, 2013 Prisoners' Rights

Supreme Court Strikes Down Proposition 8

CLEVELAND, OH – Today, the Supreme Court of the United States struck down California’s Proposition 8, which defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

June 26, 2013

Pay-to-Stay Jail Fees Just Don’t Add Up

CINCINNATI – Today, the ACLU of Ohio released Adding It Up, a report that analyzes “pay-to-stay” programs at three Ohio jails (Fairfield County Jail, Hamilton County Jail and Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail), and concludes that charging inmates for their incarceration is not the revenue

June 26, 2013 Prisoners' Rights