Court Approves Settlement Agreement Returning Unemployment Benefits Seized From Incarcerated Workers
The class action settlement also recognizes that incarcerated people have a constitutionally protected property interest in their prison accounts.
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Advocates Respond to DOJ Investigation Finding Significant Failures in Maine’s Children’s Behavioral Health System
A Department of Justice investigation concludes that Maine's children's behavioral health system creates a significant risk of segregating and institutionalizing children with disabilities, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Decision in Carson v. Makin
The Supreme Court issued a ruling today in Carson v. Makin that requires the state of Maine to fund religious education at private religious schools as part of its tuition assistance program.
ACLU of Maine Lawsuit Challenging Indigent Defense System Survives Motion to Dismiss
Maine Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy is allowing the ACLU of Maine to move forward with its constitutional challenge to Maine’s indigent defense system.
A Message from Advocates for Maine LGBTQ+ Youth
All youth in Maine should be safe at school, including LGBTQ+ youth. This ought to be obvious. So we are all deeply disappointed to see that playbooks used in other states that fearmonger about transgender young people in our communities have made their way to Maine.
Governor Mills Signs Good Samaritan Expansion into Law
Advocates say LD 1862 is one of the strongest Good Samaritan laws in the country.