Research & Publications

Publication
Feb 19, 2015
Report
  • Racial Justice|
  • +3 Issues

REPORT: The School-to-Prison Pipeline in Black & White (February 2015)

Publication
Sep 24, 2014
Report
  • Government Transparency|
  • +2 Issues

REPORT: Update - Police Compliance with Web-Posting Provisions of the Racial Profiling Act (Oct 2014)

Publication
Sep 17, 2014
Report
  • Government Transparency

REPORT: Access Limited An Audit of Compliance with the RI Open Records Law (Sept 2014)

Publication
Mar 10, 2014
REPORT: Blacklisted: An Update (March 2014)
  • Students’ Rights|
  • +1 Issue

REPORT: Blacklisted: An Update (March 2014)

Publication
Feb 21, 2014
Report
  • Government Transparency

REPORT: Knowing & Willful: The Need for Stronger Enforcement of RI's Public Records Law (February 2014)

Publication
Dec 31, 2013
Case Docket

CASE DOCKET: 2013

Publication
Nov 4, 2013
Letters & Testimony
  • Privacy & Technology|
  • +2 Issues

TESTIMONY: Mitigating the Harm of the NICS Database

Rhode Island’s Behavioral Health and Firearms Safety Task Force was tasked with proposing “legislation and recommendations to support the state’s full participation in the NICS [National Instant Criminal Background Check System] Index.”
Publication
Jun 5, 2013
REPORT: Blacklisted (June 2013)
  • Students’ Rights|
  • +1 Issue

REPORT: Blacklisted (June 2013)

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.
Publication
Mar 11, 2013
Digital Privacy
  • Students’ Rights|
  • +1 Issue

REPORT: Access Denied: How Internet Filtering Harms Public Education (Mar 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.