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ACLU sues R.I. Department of Corrections over attorney-client privilege

Updated at 7 p.m. on Oct. 23

THE AMERICAN CIVIL Liberties Union of Rhode Island Inc. is suing the R.I. Department of Corrections for allegedly violating the constitutional rights of prisoners and their attorneys to share confidential information.

PROVIDENCE – The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island Inc. is suing the R.I. Department of Corrections for allegedly violating the constitutional right of prisoners and their attorneys to share information confidentially.  The lawsuit, filed in R.I. Superior Court Wednesday, alleges that RIDOC has informally adopted a new practice governing attorney mail and visits

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