As part of our work, the ACLU of Hawai‘i issues reports, webinars, surveys and other advocacy materials on civil liberties and civil rights in Hawai‘i.
2023 ACLU of Hawaiʻi Legislative Wrap-up Report
Here are some key takeaways from this session, info about our ongoing legislative and campaign priorities, and ways we continue pushing for change and justice across Hawaiʻi.
May 22, 2023Embracing Categorical Clemency in Hawaiʻi
In August 2022, the ACLU of Hawaiʻi sent the following Policy Memo to all Gubernatorial Candidates in the 2022 Primary Election:
Aloha,
August 19, 20222022 ACLU of Hawaiʻi Legislative Wrap-up
The ACLU of Hawai‘i staff would like to Mahalo all those who made their voices heard in the 2022 legislative session.
June 7, 2022To fight COVID in jails and prisons we can simultaneously protect both public health and public safety
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve advocated, lobbied, filed amicus briefs, written in the newspapers, appeared on tv, marched, rallied, and spoke out to stop the spread of COVID-19 in our jails and prisons. We warned that a COVID19 outbreak in Hawaii’s prisons and
September 24, 2021ACLU DEMAND LETTER ON MAUI COUNTY SWEEPS OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOUSELESSNESS AT PUʻUHONUA O KANAHA
The ACLU of Hawaiʻi Foundation (“ACLU of Hawaiʻi”) has learned that the County of Maui (“County”) has started, and is continuing, sweeps to forcibly evict people and their belongings from Pu‘uhonua o Kanaha—a houseless encampment on Amala Place near Kanahā Beach Park.
September 22, 2021