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Oct 1, 2024

Mindful Hawaii: Ep - 25 Natural Law and Human Spirituality in Modern Times

Join Salmah Y. Rizvi, Executive Director of ACLU Hawaii, as she explores the profound connections between constitutional rights, natural law, and human spirituality in our modern world. Dive deep into an...

Oct 1, 2024

Liam Chinn, Coordinator Of The Reimagining Public Safety In Hawaii Coalition Weighs In On Hawaii's Prisons

Corrections officials need millions of dollars to maintain aging prisons and jails but say the real solution is to build new jails. That would be even more expensive.

Sep 27, 2024

ACLU Leads Coalition of Volunteers To Help People Clear Up Minor Legal Woes ‘Without Fear Of Arrest’

A free legal clinic in Waianae offers participants a chance to resolve outstanding warrants and clear arrest records without being detained or posting bail.

Sep 27, 2024

Free Legal Clinic Organized By The ACLU Of Hawai'i And Partners Offers Chance To Clear Minor Criminal Records

WAIANE (HawaiiNewsNow) - The state Public Defender’s Office and the Judiciary held a free Records Expungement and Bench Warrant Recall Clinic at Waianae Public Library Saturday.

The event was meant...

WAIANE (HawaiiNewsNow) - The state Public Defender’s Office and the Judiciary held a free Records Expungement and Bench Warrant Recall Clinic at Waianae Public Library Saturday.

The event was meant...

Sep 26, 2024

Common Dreams: Hawai'i ACLU Demands End to US Complicity in 'Israeli Government's Genocide in Gaza'

"Residents of Hawaii are witness to the historical consequences of land dispossession, colonization, and cultural erasure, and have not turned a blind eye to the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people...

Sep 16, 2024

Legal Director of ACLU Hawai’i Comments On The State Correctional System's Task Of Balancing Security Concerns With The Rights of Prisoner

Hawaii Prisons Are Getting New Scanners That Can Detect Drugs Without Opening Mail