The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana filed a lawsuit today on behalf of individuals incarcerated at Wabash County Jail. The complaint claims the Wabash facility is overcrowded and understaffed, resulting in dangerous, unconstitutional conditions in the jail.
The Senate Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law will hear Senate Bill 449 on Tuesday, January 28.
It is voluntary for Elkhart County law enforcement to work with ICE, absent a judicial warrant.
The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles has agreed to translate the Driver’s Manual into Arabic, Burmese, Chin, and Mandarin by March of 2021, in a settlement that resolves a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana in November 2018.
ACLU of Indiana Statement on Recent Reporting Regarding Carmel Police Department:
The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Monroe County Sheriff, for hiding Facebook comments critical of the Sheriff’s Department’s assistance in enforcing federal immigration law.