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Oct 30, 2024

Contaminated Water Reports Prompt ACLU To Request Tests At Arizona Prison

About 1,000 Hawaii prisoners are serving time at the privately operated Saguaro Correctional Center, and some inmates there report the water is making them ill.

Oct 28, 2024

Vote On Proposed Changes To The Articles Of Incorporation And Bylaws Of The American Civil Liberties Union Of Hawai'i

Watch a short video explaining these changes:

https://vimeo.com/1023509107/bf756faea2?share=copy

SUMMARY OF PROPOSED CHANGES...

Watch a short video explaining these changes:

https://vimeo.com/1023509107/bf756faea2?share=copy

SUMMARY OF PROPOSED CHANGES...

Oct 8, 2024

ACLU-HI Signs Onto Letter Requesting Governor Green Appoint a Loea to the Commission of Water Resource Management

Aloha e Governor Green,

The undersigned organizations respectfully request the timely and appropriate appointment of a new Water Commissioner to satisfy the legal requirement that one member of the...

Aloha e Governor Green,

The undersigned organizations respectfully request the timely and appropriate appointment of a new Water Commissioner to satisfy the legal requirement that one member of the...

Oct 1, 2024

Mindful Hawaii: Ep - 25 Natural Law and Human Spirituality in Modern Times

Join Salmah Y. Rizvi, Executive Director of ACLU Hawaii, as she explores the profound connections between constitutional rights, natural law, and human spirituality in our modern world. Dive deep into an...

Oct 1, 2024

Liam Chinn, Coordinator Of The Reimagining Public Safety In Hawaii Coalition Weighs In On Hawaii's Prisons

Corrections officials need millions of dollars to maintain aging prisons and jails but say the real solution is to build new jails. That would be even more expensive.

Sep 27, 2024

ACLU Leads Coalition of Volunteers To Help People Clear Up Minor Legal Woes ‘Without Fear Of Arrest’

A free legal clinic in Waianae offers participants a chance to resolve outstanding warrants and clear arrest records without being detained or posting bail.