News Releases

Today, Gov. Jay Inslee signed SB 6280, permitting the government to use racially biased face surveillance technology, vetoing the workgroup that would have allowed community voices a seat at the table, and undermining the privacy rights of all Washingtonians.

A federal district court ruled that it will not immediately release immigrants detained at the Tacoma Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington

The ACLU of Washington, ACLU and Northwest Immigrant Rights Project filed a lawsuit seeking the release of people in civil detention at high risk for COVID-19 complications.

The ACLU of Washington released a report, “About Time: How Life and Long Sentences Fuel Mass Incarceration in Washington.” University of Washington researchers Dr. Katherine Beckett and Dr. Heather Evans authored the report.

Today the Voting Rights Restoration Act, SB 6228, failed to pass out of the Washington State Senate before cutoff. The ACLU of Washington had this reaction

Settlement of ACLU-WA lawsuit makes reunification possible for hundreds of families

ACLU comment on Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai backing a European Union proposal imposing a five-year ban on the use of face recognition in public spaces.

The Washington Supreme Court ruled that state legislators’ offices are subject to the state’s Public Records Act general public records disclosure mandate.