Celebrate the power of working Kentuckians this #MayDay .

Together, we beat back anti-worker bills this session that would have weakened child labor laws, ended the right to lunch and rest breaks and created a new tier of second-class workers.

Worker power is very real in KY!

We’re proud to close out #SecondChanceMonth by joining the call for federal #CleanSlate legislation with the The Clean Slate Initiative.

We’re all more than the worst thing we’ve ever done, & we all deserve the chance to rebuild our lives.

Read more about Clean Slate and H.R. 2930 ⬇️

National Fentanyl Awareness Day is less than a week away on May 7. For more information on how to educate your family, friends, neighbors, and colleagues on the dangers of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl please visit: fentanylawarenessday.org

ICYMI: Our justice reform policy strategist Kungu Njuguna was on Kentucky Tonight to talk homelessness, street camping bans, HB 5, and Grants Pass v. Johnson.

Key takeaways...

Criminalizing homelessness is not the answer to the lack of affordable housing in KY. HB5's houseless provisions will simply further marginalize the most vulnerable in our communities. #housingnothandcuffs #servicesnotsweeps
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50+ diverse organizations have rallied behind The Clean Slate Act of 2023 urging Congress to prioritize its passage to advance economic opportunity, promote public safety, and foster a society that values redemption and second chances. Learn more at cleanslateinitiative.org/federal

Prisons and jails obscure the devastation wrought by decades of discriminatory housing policies.

Over 20% of people in state prisons were homeless or housing-insecure before their incarceration. Behind bars, they're hidden from sight.

Now on KET: Kentucky Tonight: Renee Shaw discusses housing, homelessness, and HB 5 with George Eklund of Coalition for the Homeless, Richard Nelson of Commonwealth Policy Center, Kungu Njuguna of ACLU of Kentucky, and Paul Salamanca of University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law.

TONIGHT, 8PM: Watch Kentucky Tonight featuring our justice reform policy strategist Kungu Njuguna talk homelessness, Johnson v. Grants Pass, and the street camping ban in #HB5 ⬇️

Across the United States, jails frequently underreport deaths behind bars.

These hidden deaths underline the urgent need to change our approach to jails. Better ways forward exist, like increasing transparency and decarceration. vera.org/news/the-hidde…

Join a conversation about housing and homelessness with George Eklund of Coalition for the Homeless, Richard Nelson of Commonwealth Policy Center, Kungu Njuguna of ACLU of Kentucky and Paul Salamanca of University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law. Watch Kentucky Tonight at 8 on KET.

On Kentucky Tonight, Renee Shaw explores housing and homelessness with George Eklund of Coalition for the Homeless, Richard Nelson of Commonwealth Policy Center, Kungu Njuguna of ACLU of Kentucky and Paul Salamanca of University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law. Tune in at 8 pm on KET.

Tonight at 8 on KET, join Renee Shaw for a discussion about housing, homelessness and HB 5 with George Eklund of Coalition for the Homeless, Richard Nelson of Commonwealth Policy Center, Kungu Njuguna of ACLU of Kentucky and Paul Salamanca of University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law.

Jails have a perverse incentive to keep people locked up: the millions of dollars state agencies pay them for boarding people serving sentences.

State and federal agencies pay local jails a per-day fee for each person held on their behalf, and these fees can rack up quickly.

Students: If you're protesting this weekend, know your rights.

Having personal experience regarding an issue is one of the best ways of learning how to improve upon it, which is why programs like the ACLU of KY’s Smart Justice Advocate Program are so important for improving our current justice system.
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'It's not fair that we have a system that relies on you having enough money to pay your way into freedom'

The US relies on pretrial detention, and too many people are locked up simply because they can't afford money bail.

It's time to finally eliminate the use of money bail.

For centuries, the Southern economy has been a rigged game—a scheme designed to enrich a select few at the expense of the many.

At Daimler Truck, Volkswagen and Mercedes, we’re building a new economic model in the South.

Thank you to @morganwatkins and 89.3 WFPL News for highlighting findnaloxone.ky.gov , a great tool for Kentuckians interested in protecting their families, friends, and neighbors from preventable fatal opioid overdoses in the age of fentanyl and nitazene.

The “portal” is the new “draft” for college players. Every player who goes to a D 1/Top 25 program dreams of being drafted and making money professionally. It’s never been about academics. Ever. You’re there to hoop and grades are secondary. It’s why EVERYONE is eligible now.…