News & Commentary
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.
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 systemic reforms to improve its treatment of children in its care and custody.
Apr 05, 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 of ATVs and dirt bikes in Providence
Apr 03, 2023
ACLU Settles Suit Over Unlawful Assault And Arrest Of Narragansett Special Education Student
ACLU Settles Suit Over Unlawful Assault And Arrest Of Narragansett Special Education Student
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
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
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 to guess whether they were in compliance with 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 Assembly in 2021 doesn’t apply to the person the law was overtly aimed to help.
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