Research & Publications

Shining a Light on Voting Inside Maryland’s Correctional Facilities

In the Legal Docket report, we walk you through our recent and ongoing work in the courts, categorized by strategic priority, highlighting some of our memorable legal efforts.

This toolkit is a conceptual resource for community advocates in Maryland who are working to ensure that racial justice is centered as cannabis (marijuana) is legalized and tax dollars are distributed from the newly legal cannabis market.

Following the 2020 Presidential Election – in the midst of a global pandemic, decennial redistricting, increased mobilization of white supremacists, and threats to democracy, civil rights and civil liberties – many Marylanders exercised their right to vote in the 2022 Midterm Election.

This ACLU research report, License to Abuse: How ICE’s 287(g) Program Empowers Racist Sheriffs and Civil Rights Violations, examines the records of sheriff offices and other law enforcement agencies that participate in Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) 287(g) program.

Establishing fair voting districts will aid in pandemic recovery and build a foundation for voting rights expansion in Maryland.

Despite the many challenges presented as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 was a year that marked dramatic changes in the way that Maryland voters exercise their right to vote.

91 percent of the people whom the police targeted with use of force were Black residents, and six percent of Baltimore Police Department officers received approximately 33 percent of all complaints.

Maryland, and specific counties within Maryland with a high number of undocumented residents, should examine and restructure diversion programs so as not to impose convictions on successful diversion program participants.