ACLU of Texas resources offer information for students, policy experts, and everyone in between. Whether you’re an attorney or just doing research for a school paper, there’s an ACLU of Texas report for you.
Texas police have a drug problem -- and black Texans are paying for it.
June 6, 2013
A new report from the ACLU shows that marijuana is the drug of choice for police departments nationwide—with serious consequences for Texas and our communities of color.
June 1, 2013
Our review of the practices of schools in districts across the state indicates that—nearly 17 years after Santa Fe was first filed, and nearly 12 years since the Supreme Court’s opinion—many Texas school districts continue to violate the First Amendment in ways remarkably similar to the violation
September 1, 2012
The imprisonment of human beings at record levels is both a moral failure and an economic one—especially at a time when more and more Americans are struggling to make ends meet and when state governments confront enormous fiscal crises.
November 1, 2011
Since President Richard Nixon first announced the “War on Drugs” forty years ago, the United States has adopted “tough on crime” criminal justice policies that have given it the dubious distinction of having the highest incarceration rate in the world.
August 1, 2011
This report assesses the implementation of two laws passed during the 81st Texas legislature related to the care and treatment of pregnant inmates in Texas county jails.
August 1, 2011