The ACLU of Alaska works tirelessly in the courts to defend your constitutional rights and expand your civil liberties. We specialize in impact litigation, which means that we carefully and thoughtfully represent clients in lawsuits that have the potential to not just help them, but also a large number of Alaskans.
This lawsuit is filed on behalf of William ‘Jamal’ Gary, a practicing Muslim who has been in pre-trial custody at ACC since February 2022. ACC staff have refused him permission to wear his kufi, have...
The ACLU of Alaska and the law firm of Friedman Rubin filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Alaska Department of Corrections (DOC) on behalf of the family of James Rider, one of the 18 people who died...
In the summer of 2023, the ACLU of Alaska appealed abatements of homeless encampments in Cuddy and Davis Parks. Originally, these appeals were filed as two separate cases: Atoruk v. Municipality of...
The ACLU of Alaska filed in court to protect the due process rights of incarcerated people, like our client Mark Andrews, who are subject to the Alaska Department of Corrections (DOC) egregious and unlawful...