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ACLU of Maryland 2026-2030 Strategic Plan
We’re proud to share our 2026–2030 Strategic Plan—our roadmap for meeting this moment and preparing for what comes next.
Crisis 911: Police Killings, Racial Disparities, Behavioral Health Crisis, and Institutional Complicity in Maryland
One hundred and forty-three people were killed by police in Maryland from 2015 through 2023. This report documents who they were and how they died and exposes a public safety and public health crisis rooted in systemic and institutional failures. Our report includes a searchable database, allowing readers to find, sort, and filter information about each encounter and conduct their own analysis of the data.
Free State Liberties - Summer 2026
Summer 2026 issue of Free State Liberties, the newsletter by the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Maryland.
Know Your Rights: Interacting with ICE in the DMV
In the DMV, where daily life crosses jurisdictional boundaries, immigration enforcement functions as a regional force. Families in this region often live in one jurisdiction, work in another, and rely on schools and hospitals, and public services spread across both state and district borders.
But your rights do NOT change when you cross these borders.
Press Releases
Sep 2, 2026
Coalition Appeals to State Board of Education to Strike Down Somerset County’s Unconstitutional Book Ban
The new book policy was enacted by the Somerset Board on August 18, but at the request of MSEA was immediately paused by Maryland State School Superintendent Wright to give the State Board time to review the policy’s legality.
Aug 13, 2026
ACLU of Maryland Releases Years-Long Database and Report on Police Killings in Maryland
Report confirms decades-long pattern of systemic and institutional failures that led to preventable and unnecessarily deadly police encounters.
Jun 30, 2026
Local Community Organizations and Elected Officials Warn DHS of Potentially Disastrous Consequences of Rushed Plan to Convert Warehouse into Massive Internment Facility
Local community organizations and officials submitted a formal comment to DHS in response to a “scoping notice” indicating DHS plans to move forward with converting a warehouse meant for cargo into a massive immigrant internment facility and human warehouse in Western Maryland.
Know Your Rights: Interacting with ICE in the DMV
In the DMV, where daily life crosses jurisdictional boundaries, immigration enforcement functions as a regional force. Families in this region often live in one jurisdiction, work in another, and rely on schools and hospitals, and public services spread across both state and district borders.
But your rights do NOT change when you cross these borders.
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