The decision to end the lawsuit comes as Montgomery County has made meaningful progress in reforming its probation and parole revocation system.

ACLU-PA and the Education Law Center-PA sent a letter of guidance to Pennsylvania school districts and charter schools in response to a U.S. Department of Education threat to cut federal funding to schools that implement policies that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The ACLU of Pennsylvania has released its third iteration of More Law, Less Justice: Pennsylvania’s Statehouse-to-Prison Pipeline, a report analyzing the General Assembly’s consideration of legislation related to criminal law.

Over the last week, students and graduates of Biglerville High School in Adams County have publicized serious allegations of racism and harassment at the school via their social media pages on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Alongside the Stern Community Lawyering Clinic at Kline School of Law at Drexel University, the ACLU of Pennsylvania sent a letter of complaint to the United Nations, detailing the use of violence and excessive force by police against Black Lives Matter protesters in May and June of 2020.

In the wake of the killing of Walter Wallace, Jr., the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, in collaboration with the national ACLU, today demanded that city officials divest from the Philadelphia Police Department and invest in community-based services and responses for people in crisis.

The Pennsylvania Senate unanimously passed legislation to implement numerous alterations to the commonwealth’s probation system.

PITTSBURGH - Eleven students from McKeesport Area High School filed a federal civil rights lawsuit today against the school district for denying the students permission to form a student club called the “Black Student Union.”

PITTSBURGH – After a jury in Allegheny County this evening found former police officer Michael Rosfeld not guilty for killing teenager Antwon Rose II in East Pittsburgh borough last summer, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania responded with a statement.