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 follow-up to a report issued last June, which examined eight years of suspension data and showed significant racial bias in school discipline.
March 10, 2014
Between 1999 and June 2012, the Attorney General’s office filed lawsuits against public bodies for violating the state’s Access to Public Records Act (APRA) on only six occasions.
February 21, 2014
This report shows that in ALL school districts in RI, black and Hispanic students are suspended at substantially higher rates than their representation in the student population, while white students are suspended less often than their representation predicts.
June 5, 2013
The websites of PBS Kids and National Stop Bullying Day, and a popular book recommendation site are among the sites that students have been unable to access at public schools in RI due to the use of so-called Internet filtering software.
March 11, 2013 This report calls RI's recent civil union law, enacted over the strong protests of the community it was designed to benefit, “a fiasco” that highlights the need for passage of true marriage equality legislation.
September 26, 2011
This report examines some of the civil liberties battles that have taken place in Rhode Island in the past decade in response to the government’s “war on terrorism.”
September 8, 2011