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Jan 18, 2021

ACLU Calls for Stronger Action to Address “Persistent” Providence Police Body Camera Violations

Citing repeated instances of police not activating body worn cameras in encounters with the public, the ACLU of RI has called on PVD Pubic Safety Commissioner Paré and Police Chief Clements to take stronger...

Dec 29, 2020

Education Commissioner Bars School District from Punishing Children for the “Sins of the Father”

RI Commissioner of Education Angélica Infante-Green has ruled that the N. Kingstown school district could not ban students from in-school learning because their parents had let them attend school while their...

Dec 15, 2020

Court Approves Settlement Restoring Equal Opportunities for Women in Brown Univ. Athletics

A federal court gave final approval to a settlement agreement between Brown University and athletes resolving the class-action legal challenge to the school's decision to cut women’s teams from its varsity...

Nov 18, 2020

Civil Rights Groups Decry Downplaying of Racial Disparities in Police Stops & Searches

Frustrated by the release of annual reports that minimize racial profiling patterns, three civil rights groups issued a letter urging significant amendments to the state law requiring the data analysis and...

Oct 29, 2020

ACLU Challenges Woonsocket Polling Place Relocation

The ACLU has filed a complaint letter with the RI Board of Elections over a decision by the Woonsocket Board of Canvassers to move a polling place with a large number of non-white and low-income voters to a...

Oct 23, 2020

Report Calling for Decriminalization of Sex Work Cites RI's History

The ACLU has issued a report calling for the decriminalization of sex work, relying in part on evidence from a period of time in RI when indoor sex work was technically legal in the state.