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Oct 15, 2021

Dragline: Emergency Motion Filed over “Lack of Basic Compliance” with CDC Protocols in WV Jails

A report from a doctor who has inspected 30 facilities across the country expressed “urgent concern” over what he called “the most dangerous approach to medical isolation I have encountered since the outset...

Oct 7, 2021

ACLU-WV, ACLU-WV United Union Reach First Contract Agreement

ACLU-WV and ACLU-WV United, the union representing most of its employees, have come to a historic agreement on a first contract. It improves wages and benefits, and helps foster a creative, equitable and...

Oct 6, 2021

Our Statement: Westover Recording Should Be Wakeup Call to Voters

In a recently surfaced audio recording of Westover officials from last fall, city attorney Tim Stranko is heard referring to Delegate Danielle Walker, the state’s only...

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Oct 1, 2021

West Virginia Will March this Weekend for Abortion Access

On Saturday, Oct. 2, West Virginians will march to demand abortion access for all and to oppose any efforts to bring a radical, Texas-style law to West Virginia. ...

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Sep 23, 2021

Eli Baumwell: Overcrowding a continuing problem in WV jails (Opinion)

West Virginia wisely abolished capital punishment in 1965. But, in 2021, we are sending innocent people — those who have not even been convicted of a crime — to their deaths.

West Virginia’s problems...

West Virginia wisely abolished capital punishment in 1965. But, in 2021, we are sending innocent people — those who have not even been convicted of a crime — to their deaths.

West Virginia’s problems...

Sep 21, 2021

Brutal Pepper Spraying at WV Prison Leads ACLU-WV to Represent Incarcerated Man

The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia (ACLU-WV) is representing in a federal lawsuit an incarcerated man who suffered injuries from being brutally pepper-...