Below is a list of some of the ACLU of RI's in-depth research and analyses on various civil liberties issues in the Ocean State.
This is a report covering the out-of-school suspension rates for students in the Rhode Island public school system.
March 20, 2023
Though all schools in Rhode Island rapidly transitioned to virtual learning in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this report found that a majority of school districts give officials the power to access the contents, microphone and camera of the student’s computer at any time.
September 21, 2020
This is a follow-up report examining the problems of mass incarceration and over-criminalization that arise from RI's routine passage of laws that create new crimes and increase prison sentences for current offenses, often with little analysis or logic behind them.
December 18, 2018
This report examines the problems that arise from RI's routine passage of laws that create new crimes and increase prison sentences for current offenses, often with little analysis or logic behind them.
January 26, 2018 “Political,” “hobbies,” “dictionary” and “news” are just four of the ‘filtered’ categories blocked by RI school districts’ Internet filtering systems. This was one of the findings of this report on the status of Internet filtering in RI public schools.
December 20, 2017 In the wake of the Trump Administration’s repeal of federal guidance addressing the rights of trans students, this report found that only 60% of RI's school districts currently have policies in place to protect the rights of transgender & gender non-conforming students.
June 13, 2017