Sexual Abuse of Female Detainees at Hutto Highlights Ongoing Failure of Immigration Detention System, Says ACLU
A Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) employee at the T. Don Hutto immigration detention facility in Taylor, TX today was charged with sexually abusing numerous female immigration detainees. Read More...

Shackling of Inmates During Labor and Delivery Continues Despite State Law
ACLU of Texas and Texas Jail Project Seek New Standards From Texas Commission on Jail Standards Read More...

The ACLU of Texas seeks Director of Finance
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ACLU of Texas Sues Hidalgo County, Challenges ”Debtor’s Prison” for Truant Teens
The ACLU of Texas has filed a federal class action lawsuit against Hidalgo County. The lawsuit asks a judge to enjoin practices that have improperly sent dozens - possibly hundreds - of the county's low-income teens to jail for weeks at a time for fines related to school attendance violations they were unable to pay. Read More...

Christian Prisoner Entitled To Seek Monetary Damages For Violation Of His Religious Rights, Says ACLU
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Texas filed a friend-of-the-court brief today with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the right of a prisoner in Texas to seek monetary damages from the state under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 after he was denied access to a prison chapel for religious purposes. Read More...

ACLU of Texas Annual Meeting and Conference Next Week
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas Annual Meeting and Youth Rights Conference is now little more than a week away with the event promising to be the premiere civil rights event of the summer in Texas. Read More...

ACLU of Texas Urges Fort Worth City Council to Seek Independent Legal Evaluation of Outdoor Event Ordinance
Ordinance Has Constitutional Implications, Civil Rights Group Says Read More...

City of Helotes Parade Ordinance May Violate First Amendment
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas today asked city officials in Helotes to respond to concerns that the Bexar County town’s parade ordinance is unconstitutional because it allows “unequal enforcement and targeting of an event based on its content.” Read More...

The ACLU of Texas seeks a Staff Attorney
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas, an affiliate of the National ACLU, seeks a full-time, permanent Staff Attorney, based in Austin, Texas. Read More...

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