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ACLU Secures Religious Freedom For American Indians At Wyoming Prison (07/30/2008)
RAWLINS, WY – Corrections officials at the Wyoming State Penitentiary (WSP) have agreed to allow American Indian prisoners access to eagle feathers for use in their traditional Indian religious practices.

ACLU To Fight For Religious Freedom Of American Indian Incarcerated In Wyoming (07/09/2008)
RAWLINS, WY – The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Wyoming have agreed to represent a man whose rights to religious freedom are being violated by officials at the Wyoming State Penitentiary (WSP) who are not allowing him to practice his traditional Indian religion.

Justice Department Sides with ACLU in Wyoming Voting Rights Case (12/15/2006)
ATLANTA, GA - The American Civil Liberties Union today hailed the decision by the federal government to defend the constitutionality of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which prohibits the use of voting practices that dilute minority voting strength. The Justice Department has filed an official notice of intervention on the side of the ACLU in a federal voting rights lawsuit brought on behalf of Native American voters on the Wind River Reservation in Fremont County, Wyoming.

ACLU Wins Open Access for All Visitors to Martin’s Cove National Historic Site in Wyoming (06/07/2006)
CHEYENNE, WY – The American Civil Liberties Union today announced a settlement granting unfettered access to the Martin’s Cove National Historic Site, which had been leased to the Church of Latter-day Saints by the federal government. Prior to the settlement the only way to reach the area was through the church’s privately owned and operated Visitor’s Center.

Wyoming Residents, Including Descendants of Mormon Pioneers, Sue to Block LDS Church Control of National Historic Site (03/09/2005)
CHEYENNE, WY -- Saying that visitors to a national historic site are being made to feel like outsiders on public lands, the American Civil Liberties Union today asked a federal court here to block the Bureau of Land Management from leasing the site, known as Martin's Cove, to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS).

Wyoming School That Had Police Remove Same-Sex Couple from Homecoming Dance Agrees to Let Same-Sex Couples Attend All Future Dances (12/09/2003)
BIG PINEY, WY -- In response to a letter sent by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of two girls who were marched out of a high school homecoming dance by police, the Sublette County School District has agreed that same-sex couples will no longer be excluded from school dances, the ACLU announced today.

ACLU Blasts Wyoming School for Having Police Escort Same-Sex Couple Out of Homecoming Dance (11/21/2003)
BIG PINEY, WY -- After two girls were marched out of a high school homecoming dance by police, the American Civil Liberties Union today sent a letter to school officials demanding that they allow same-sex couples to attend school dances.

Federal Court Rules WY Prison Officials Have Duty to Protect Inmates in their Custody (11/27/2002)
CHEYENNE, WY-Setting an important new standard for prisoner safety, a federal court today ruled that state prison officials have a duty to protect prisoners from violence at the hands of other prisoners, the American Civil Liberties Unions announced.

ACLU Opposes Death Penalty for Anti-Gay Attackers in Matthew Shepard Case (01/21/1999)
NEW YORK -- The American Civil Liberties Union opposes the death penalty for those who murdered Matthew Shepard just as we oppose the death penalty for all people -- because our system of justice is incapable of imposing it equally, because our system makes mistakes and always will, and because the ACLU believes the state simply should not have the power to take away human life.