Today, the state of Delaware is set to go live with Delaware’s Clean Slate Law. This legislation automates the mandatory expungement process — one of three ways to clear a record in Delaware and the pathway with the most stringent eligibility requirements.

The ACLU of Delaware, American Civil Liberties Union, Shaw Keller LLP, and Proskauer Rose LLP filed a lawsuit challenging Delaware’s failure to provide eligible incarcerated voters any constitutionally guaranteed method of voting, which violates their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights guaranteed

The Clean Slate Delaware Campaign announced the launch of its Clean Slate hub site, CleanSlateDE.org—a comprehensive digital tool for expungement related information, events, and resources. The launch begins the countdown to Delaware’s Clean Slate law implementation set to begin in August 2024.

The Supreme Court of Delaware unanimously decided that individuals challenging the legality of their criminal convictions can continue pursuing their challenges even if they are released from custody while their cases are pending.

Today, ACLU of Delaware and Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLC filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court of Delaware on behalf of incarcerated people who have been denied their basic right to health care and humane conditions of confinement.

The ACLU of Delaware is stepping in to represent David Holloman, an incarcerated man at a Delaware prison, whose attempt to boycott GLT tablets was unconstitutionally repressed by prison officials.

The ACLU of Delaware sent a letter to DSU officials expressing serious concerns about the school’s use of NDAs for participants in the Safe Space Coalition- a group formed following weeks of student protests over school officials and law enforcement handling of campus incidents.

On November 28th, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled in favor of the late Angelo Clark, who despite having serious and known mental health issues, was placed in solitary confinement by DOC officials for seven months while housed in a Delaware prison.