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Class action suit filed against DOC after decades of inadequate health care for incarcerated Alaskans

The ACLU of Alaska, with the ACLU National Prison Project, filed a class action lawsuit against the Alaska Department of Corrections (DOC) challenging DOC’s inadequate, dangerous, and inhumane health care system.
Issue Areas: Criminal Legal Reform

ACLU of Alaska, Nations Law Group file lawsuit against DHS for unlawful termination of Alaska student status

On Wednesday, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Alaska filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to protect the due process rights of Jean Kashikov, a recent graduate of the University of Alaska Anchorage who studied under an F-1 student visa
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

ACLU of Alaska answers Alaska Medical Board statement regarding gender affirming care

Alaskans have overwhelmingly opposed legislative limits to essential and life-saving healthcare for transgender people.

Alaska DOC fails to comply with 2019 settlement agreement on Ramadan observance

The ACLU of Alaska has filed a motion to comply with a settlement agreement after failing to provide religious accommodations for incarcerated Alaskans
Issue Areas: Criminal Legal Reform

ACLU of Alaska files second lawsuit against the Alaska Department of Corrections for death in custody

Lewis Jordan, Jr. died of bacterial meningitis after symptoms and pleas for help were deliberately ignored by DOC staff in 2023.
Issue Areas: Criminal Legal Reform

ACLU of Alaska files new lawsuit challenging Municipality of Anchorage’s abatement practices

The Municipality plans to abate an encampment despite every shelter space, including the warming center, being at capacity

State court rules Alaska Division of Elections is not required to implement a notice-and-cure system for absentee ballots

On Friday, the Alaska Superior Court denied a motion filed on behalf of the League of Women Voters, Arctic Village Council, and two individual Alaskans who asserted that the state violated the due process rights of voters.
Issue Areas: Voting Rights

ACLU of Alaska responds to election of Donald Trump

Mara Kimmel, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Alaska, reacts to the announcement of the presidential election for Donald Trump.

Northern Justice Project, ACLU of Alaska settle banned book litigation with the Mat-Su Borough School District

Mat-Su Borough School District will pay $89,000 for unconstitutional removal of 56 book titles from district libraries.