News & Commentary

Up to 85 percent of people living with a record in Delaware are eligible to have their record expunged. Only about 6 percent of those people have actually received an expungement. The rest fall into the "second chance gap," stuck serving a life-long sentence in a paper prison.

It’s that time of year again! As we prepare for our 2021 Annual Meeting, we’re excited to announce this year's nominees for the ACLU of Delaware Board of Directors.

We, along with NAACP of Delaware, Network Delaware, Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League’s Building People Power Campaign, Not Just Another Protest, and the Delaware Campaign for Smart Justice Policing Workgroup launched Delaware: Police Accountability NOW at a press conference on April 22.

Our public schools litigation has ended, but the work is just beginning. These two bills are a direct result of our agreement with the state from the court challenge we brought to the state in 2018. These bills will bring legislative change to education funding in Delaware — and that's long overdue.

Arnold & Porter, ACLU of Delaware, and Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. (CLASI), along with the plaintiffs, Delawareans for Educational Opportunity and the NAACP of Delaware, are thrilled to announce a final agreement with Sussex County in the Delaware Public Schools litigation.

Thank you for your interest in Kandler nominations! The nominating period for the 36th Annual Kandler Awards has ended. 

Transparency and accountability are necessary for due process, a fairer criminal justice system, trust between our police and communities, and trust within law enforcement agencies.

Several community organizations from across the state are coming together to form the Delaware Voting Rights Coalition (DVRC), Delaware’s first statewide coalition focused strictly on expanding access to voting. 

Community advocates and members of the General Assembly’s Law Enforcement Accountability Task Force (LEATF) subcommittees sent a letter to legislators on Monday, March 29, asking them to act quickly on meaningful amendments to the Law-Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights (LEOBOR).