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Jun 18, 2015
Doctors, Public Health Experts, Advocates: “Expanding Good Samaritan Law Critical to Saving Lives
Expressing concern that “lives are on the line,” nineteen local medical professional associations and dozens of public health experts and activists are urging the Rhode Island House of Representatives to expand the Good Samaritan Overdose Prevention Act’s immunity to include more charges and provide protection for people on parole and/or probation in order to save more lives.
Jun 16, 2015
Even with ban, we haven't won battle to end militarization
By Megan Khatchadourian, Assistant to the Executive Director
May 27, 2015
A Lifelong Punishment: Juvenile Life Without Parole
UPDATE 6/10/2015: Call the leaders of the House and Senate and the chairs of the Judiciary committees to ask them to support legislation banning life without parole sentences for children in Rhode Island.
May 15, 2015
SWAT Raids & The Safety of All
By Johanna Kaiser, communications & development associate
May 11, 2015
ACLU, DARE Call For Removal Of Illegal Questions About Criminal Records Job Applications
At least eleven municipalities in the state ask job applicants a question on their application forms that is prohibited by law, according to the ACLU of Rhode Island and Direct Action for Rights and Equality. As a result, the two groups have sent letters to those municipalities – from Burrillville to Warwick to Narragansett – asking them to promptly remove the question, which asks job applicants about their criminal record.
Apr 08, 2015
ACLU Calls For In-Depth Investigation Of Pawtucket Police Department Traffic Stop Practices
The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island is urging the Pawtucket Police Department to conduct an in-depth examination of some of its policies and procedures in light of “disturbing” allegations of racism among its officers described in a recent news article.
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