ACLU of Missouri

In a dimly lit room that resembles a college lecture hall, some five St. Louis police officers stare at a wall of screens.They watch through cameras…

A district judge dismissed a lawsuit against a Sunset Hills retirement community today.Mary Walsh and Beverly Nance took Friendship Village to federal…

Criminal-justice reform advocates and public defenders are calling on the St. Louis circuit court to reduce its use of monitoring systems that require…

The City of Maplewood may soon overhaul a controversial public-nuisance law that has been challenged by two recent lawsuits.Maplewood’s City Council…

After Mary Walsh and Beverly Nance were married in 2009, they thought their right to live together as a couple was secure.Now the two women are at the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 26, 2009 - Upset at the official reception given to an ACLU report about conditions at the St.…