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Apr 27, 2020

ACLU-WV and Partners Call for Universal Testing in Jails, Prisons

With the confirmation of COVID-19 in our corrections system, it is time for the state to begin offering universal testing to all who are incarcerated or work...

With the confirmation of COVID-19 in our corrections system, it is time for the state to begin offering universal testing to all who are incarcerated or work...

Apr 25, 2020

ACLU and Women’s Health Center of WV Sue to Ensure Abortion Accessible

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of West Virginia, and the law firm of WilmerHale took emergency legal action today on behalf of the Women’s Health Center...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of West Virginia, and the law firm of WilmerHale took emergency legal action today on behalf of the Women’s Health Center...

Filed complaint in Women's Health Center of WV v. Morrisey
Filed complaint in Women's Health Center of WV v. Morrisey
Apr 23, 2020

Judge Agrees to Release State’s COVID-19 Plans for Correctional Facilities, Numerous Related Documents

A Court has agreed with ACLU-WV’s arguments that a number of documents relating to the state’s COVID-19 plan in correctional facilities be made publicly available. ...

A Court has agreed with ACLU-WV’s arguments that a number of documents relating to the state’s COVID-19 plan in correctional facilities be made publicly available. ...

Apr 23, 2020

Court Dismisses Case But Keeps Door Open for Further Litigation


Although the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals granted a motion to dismiss in a petition filed by  ACLU-WV to free 39 incarcerated individuals, the Court in its ruling also...


Although the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals granted a motion to dismiss in a petition filed by  ACLU-WV to free 39 incarcerated individuals, the Court in its ruling also...

Apr 22, 2020

Data Model Shows National COVID-19 Death Toll 100,000 Higher Than Current Projections

COVID19 could claim the lives of approximately 100,000 more people nationwide than current projections stipulate if jail populations are not...

COVID19 could claim the lives of approximately 100,000 more people nationwide than current projections stipulate if jail populations are not...

COVID-19 Infections in jails under current conditions
COVID-19 Infections in jails under current conditions
Apr 21, 2020

Gov. Asks Supreme Court to Consider Protecting Stimulus Checks From Creditors

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic forced so many people out of their jobs, more than 40 percent of West Virginians already had a debt that was in collections. Most of those debts were due to...

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic forced so many people out of their jobs, more than 40 percent of West Virginians already had a debt that was in collections. Most of those debts were due to...

Greater than 40 percent of WVians had debt that was in collections even before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Greater than 40 percent of WVians had debt that was in collections even before the COVID-19 pandemic.