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Jan 11, 2024
REPORT: Voicing Concerns: Public Comment Policies of Rhode Island City and Town Councils and School Committees (January 2024)
This report summarizes the public comment policies of Rhode Island’s 39 city and town councils and 34 municipal school committees — two of the most important public bodies in any community.
Mar 20, 2023
REPORT: Still Oversuspended and Underserved: Continued Disparities in Suspension Rates in Rhode Island (March 2023)
Dec 18, 2018
REPORT: Justice De-Investment: The Regrettable Expansion of the Statehouse-To-Prison Pipeline (December 2018)
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.
Jan 26, 2018
REPORT: The Statehouse-to-Prison Pipeline (January 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.
Jun 13, 2017
REPORT: Beyond Bathrooms: Transgender & Gender Non-Conforming School Policies (June 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.
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