From policing and sentencing, to the treatment of incarcerated people, the ACLU of RI seeks to reform the excessively harsh, unnecessary criminal justice policies and practices that result in mass incarceration, over-criminalization and ongoing inequality.
Criminal Justice
CAMPAIGN: COVID-19 & Civil Liberties in RI
April 1, 2020CAMPAIGN: The School-to-Prison Pipeline
January 1, 2020
CAMPAIGN: The Statehouse-to-Prison Pipeline
January 1, 2018CAMPAIGN: Racial Profiling
January 1, 2005
Cintron v Bibeault
May 11, 2023Monteiro v. Rhode Island
February 24, 2023Doe v. RI
June 1, 2022
Neves / Ortega v. State of Rhode Island
January 14, 2022Shepard v. Diniz
November 15, 2021Caniglia v. Strom
January 25, 2021
Medically Assisted Treatment for Incarcerated Individuals (H 7451)
March 15, 2024Legal Immunity for Sex Workers (H 7165, H 7307)
February 16, 2024Licensing for Youth Camps (H 7154, S 2174)
February 9, 2024
Sex Work Decriminalization (S 913)
June 5, 2023Penalties for Unregistered ATVs (S 361)
May 19, 2023Increasing Wages for Incarcerated Individuals (H 6310, S 665)
May 4, 2023