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Apr 24, 2023

ACLU Joins Long-Running Lawsuit Challenging DCYF’s Widespread Failure to Protect the Rights of Foster Children

ACLU of Rhode Island cooperating attorneys today joined a national organization’s long-standing federal class action lawsuit that requires the Department for Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) to implement...

Apr 5, 2023

ACLU of RI And BLM RI PAC Raise Concerns About Providence Plans To Crack Down On ATV Use

Black Lives Matter RI PAC and the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island issued the following statement in response to Mayor Smiley’s press conference this morning outlining plans to address the use...

Apr 3, 2023

ACLU Settles Suit Over Unlawful Assault And Arrest Of Narragansett Special Education Student

The ACLU of RI today announced the favorable settlement of a federal lawsuit filed three years ago on behalf of a former Narragansett High School student with special education needs who was thrown to the...

Mar 20, 2023

ACLU of RI Report Details “Alarming” Rates of School Suspensions of K-5 Students and “Extraordinarily High” Suspension Rates of Students Based on Race and Disability

The ACLU of Rhode Island released a report today detailing the significant number of out-of-school suspensions meted out each year to Rhode Island public school elementary school students, students of color...

Mar 16, 2023

Federal Judge Rules Unconstitutional State’s Residency Restriction For Sex Offenders

A federal court ruled unconstitutional a state law that makes it a crime for certain sex offenders to reside within 1,000 feet of a school, finding that the statute would require individuals subject to it...

Feb 24, 2023

ACLU Challenges State's "Absurd" Position that "Mario's Law," Allowing for Early Release of Juvenile Offenders, Doesn't Apply to Mario

ACLU of Rhode Island cooperating attorneys have today filed a petition in R.I. Superior Court to challenge the state’s “absurd” position that an important criminal justice reform enacted by the General...