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Poverty · Sedgwick CountyIn this report, we examine how monetary bail in Sedgwick County, Kansas, disproportionately punishes poverty, deepens inequality, and challenges the promise of justice. Using data from 2023–2024, we explore who is being held, why they’re being held, how long they remain in jail, and what it costs them and the community. This report reveals how a system built on presumed innocence often delivers punishment before trial—especially to the poor, wom…Read Article
The Price of Freedom: Bail in Sedgwick County

Kansas City, Kansas · Kansas CityKANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas state appeals court has reversed a district court decision barring the Kansas government from making changes to gender markers on driver’s licenses, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced Friday. In July 2023, Attorney General Kris Kobach filed a lawsuit in state court against the Kansas government agency that issues driver’s licenses, asking the court to hold that a state law, Senate Bill 180, prohibits …Read Article
Kansas attorney general blocked from denying gender changes on driver’s licenses
Johnson County Language Access Rally
‘Some cry all day.’ ICE detainees face harsh conditions in Miami
Immigrants detained in Leavenworth federal prison live in squalor without sunlight, letters claim
ACLU accuses Leavenworth facility of breaking the law, violating ICE detainees’ rights
ACLU sues Kansas over gender affirming care ban for minors
Advocates Say Kansas ICE Detainees Face Dire Conditions
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