The ACLU of Iowa has staff in Des Moines to handle inquiries from journalists on issues affecting civil rights and civil liberties in Iowa.
Media inquiries should be sent via email to editor@aclu-ia.org or contact Communications Director Veronica Fowler at 515-207-0586.
The ACLU of Iowa is working to change the way the Iowa Board of Parole considers parole for inmates who were sentenced to life as juveniles.
Christine Lockheart and Julio Bonilla were both mere children at the time of their offenses, for which they were sentenced to life in prison.
Des Moines, Iowa — The ACLU of Iowa today filed two petitions for judicial review, arguing that the Iowa Board of Parole is denying the constitutional rights of two inmates—Christine Lockheart and Julio Bonilla—who were both children at the time of their offenses.
Troubling reports from parents of public school students in Logan, Iowa, about an in-school assembly have prompted a written advisory to the superintendents of Iowa Public Schools.
Des Moines, Iowa — Troubling reports from parents of public school students in Logan, Iowa, about an in-school assembly have prompted a written advisory to the superintendents of Iowa public schools from the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa.
Cedar Falls, Iowa —Ben Christiason didn’t set out to be a pioneer in transgender rights advocacy, but he’s become one.
Des Moines, Iowa — Today the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa, the ACLU LGBT Project, and cooperating attorney Melissa Hasso with the Sherinian & Hasso Law Firm in West Des Moines filed a complaint with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission on behalf of Jesse Vroegh, a long-time Iow