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Jul 17, 2023

Suit Filed Against Providence School District for Failing to Provide Required Special Education Services to Hundreds of Preschool Children

Citing “systemic failures to comply with federal law,” cooperating attorneys for the ACLU of Rhode Island and the R.I. Center for Justice have today filed a federal class-action lawsuit against the...

Federal Class-Action Lawsuit for Special Education Services

Jun 16, 2023

ACLU Settles Case Against Cleaning Service Company for Discriminating Against Pregnant Job Applicant

The ACLU of Rhode Island today announced the favorable settlement of the case on behalf of Julia Schultz, a house cleaner who was terminated by a professional cleaning service immediately after they learned...

victory cover photo schultz v merry maids

Jun 2, 2023

Complaint Alleges Special Education Children Unlawfully Restrained in West Warwick, North Kingstown Schools

On behalf of four families, attorneys for R.I. Legal Services and the ACLU of Rhode Island today filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) against the West Warwick and North Kingstown...

May 31, 2023

ACLU Report Calls on City And Town Councils, School Committees to Promote Greater Public Remote Open Meetings Accessibility

The ACLU of Rhode Island released a report today detailing the open meeting practices of city and town councils and school committees in providing the public remote access to their meetings in a post-Covid...

May 17, 2023

Judge Orders Parole Board to Consider Release of Mario Monteiro After ACLU of RI Petition

In a victory for criminal justice reform and the rights of youthful offenders, Rhode Island Superior Court Judge Stephen P. Nugent today ruled that Mario Monteiro is eligible for parole.

May 11, 2023

ACLU Files Court Brief Challenging Legality of Lengthy Solitary Confinement at the ACI

As questions swirl around the suicide of a man being held in solitary confinement at the ACI last week, the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island today filed a “friend of the court”...

Cintron v. Bibeault Solitary Confinement Case