Rhode Island Affiliate, American Civil Liberties Union

Reports

View recent RI ACLU reports:

• Two Months of Civil Unions in Rhode Island: Already Time for a Divorce? (2011)
• The Legacy of the Indefinite “War on Terror” in Rhode Island: Civil Liberties in the Aftermath of 9/11 (2011)
• Inside the School House Gate: The Rhode Island ACLU and Students' Rights in School (2009) (Note: This is a large file and may take several minutes to download.)

Racial Profiling

• Public Access to Police Complaint Forms and Procedures (October, 2007)
• The Persistence of Racial Profiling in Rhode Island: A Call For Action (January 2007)
• The Persistence of Racial Profiling in Rhode Island: A Nine Month Review (November, 2005)
• The Persistence of Racial Profiling in Rhode Island: An Update (August, 2005)
• The Persistence of Racial Profiling in Rhode Island: An Analysis and Recommendations (May, 2005)

Internet Censorship

• Reader's Block: Internet Censorship in Rhode Island Public Libraries (2005)
• Bowdler's Legacy: Congress, the Supreme Court and Internet Censorship in Rhode Island Public Libraries (2003)

Other

• The Case Against Red Light Cameras (2008)
• The Politics of Division: Governor Donald Carcieri's Record on Civil Rights During His Second Term In Office (2007)
• The Public's Right to Know vs. The Public's Right to "No": How Rhode Islander's Access to Government Records Continues to be Thwarted (2007)
• Blurred Vision: A Sober Re-Examination of Rhode Island's Drunk Driving "Crisis" (2006)
• An Analysis of Governor Carcieri's "Act Relating to Homeland Security" (2004)
• Civil Rights and Civil Wrongs in the Governor's Office: Governor Donald Carcieri's First Six Months in Office and his Record on Civil Rights (2003)

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