News & Commentary
Aug 29, 2023
RIDE, PPSD, Families Reach Settlement on Preschool Special Education Federal Complaint
Today, the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE), and the ACLU of RI and RI Center for Justice announced that an agreement was reached settling the federal class action complaint recently filed by Parents Leading for Educational Equity (PLEE) and three children and their parents.
Aug 28, 2023
ACLU Sues Warwick City Council Over Censoring of Public Comment Speaker
ACLU of RI cooperating attorneys have today filed a federal lawsuit against the Warwick City Council for stifling the free speech rights of a local resident who was barred last month from speaking at a Council meeting about allegations of ethical misconduct aimed at one of its members.
Jul 20, 2023
Civil Rights Groups Announce Implementation of Major Revisions to ACI’s Solitary Confinement Policies
The ACLU of Rhode Island and the R.I. Center for Justice announced today that, in response to mediation arising out of pending federal litigation challenging the R.I. Department of Corrections’ (RIDOC) use of solitary confinement on individuals at the ACI
Jul 17, 2023
Suit Filed Against Providence School District for Failing to Provide Required Special Education Services to Hundreds of Preschool Children
Citing “systemic failures to comply with federal law,” cooperating attorneys for the ACLU of Rhode Island and the R.I. Center for Justice have today filed a federal class-action lawsuit against the Providence school district and the R.I. Department of Education
Jun 16, 2023
ACLU Settles Case Against Cleaning Service Company for Discriminating Against Pregnant Job Applicant
The ACLU of Rhode Island today announced the favorable settlement of the case on behalf of Julia Schultz, a house cleaner who was terminated by a professional cleaning service immediately after they learned she was pregnant.
Jun 02, 2023
Complaint Alleges Special Education Children Unlawfully Restrained in West Warwick, North Kingstown Schools
On behalf of four families, attorneys for R.I. Legal Services and the ACLU of Rhode Island today filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) against the West Warwick and North Kingstown school districts for excessively and unlawfully restraining their young children
May 31, 2023
ACLU Report Calls on City And Town Councils, School Committees to Promote Greater Public Remote Open Meetings Accessibility
The ACLU of Rhode Island released a report today detailing the open meeting practices of city and town councils and school committees in providing the public remote access to their meetings in a post-Covid environment.
May 17, 2023
Judge Orders Parole Board to Consider Release of Mario Monteiro After ACLU of RI Petition
In a victory for criminal justice reform and the rights of youthful offenders, Rhode Island Superior Court Judge Stephen P. Nugent today ruled that Mario Monteiro is eligible for parole.
May 11, 2023
ACLU Files Court Brief Challenging Legality of Lengthy Solitary Confinement at the ACI
As questions swirl around the suicide of a man being held in solitary confinement at the ACI last week, the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island today filed a “friend of the court” brief supporting an ACI inmate’s constitutional challenge to his confinement in solitary for over a year as a violation of the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
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