Research & Publications

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.

Combining qualitative interviews and quantitative analysis of a three-month data sample of immigration custody determinations in Maryland, this report describes and illustrates the needless overuse of “mandatory” (no-bond) detention for persons who pose little flight or public safety risk.

Between 2010 and 2014, at least 109 people died in police encounters in Maryland. These deaths were dispersed throughout 18 different jurisdictions across the state.

"Still Blocking the Exit" tells the stories of many individuals given parole-eligible life sentences who have been denied release despite being recommended for it.

The ACLU of Maryland has been at the forefront of ending the unnecessary, inhumane, and costly detention of immigrants and of ensuring that their civil rights are protected.