Tag: American Civil Liberties Union
Constitutional conventions: A relic of old or a chance for reform?...
Shall there be a convention to amend or revise the state constitution?
The state’s House of Representatives Monday unanimously approved two resolutions sponsored by Judiciary...
Amended proposal to limit student renters continues to generate public opposition
PROVIDENCE – The City Council held another public hearing on the controversial proposal to limit the number of college student renters per apartment in...
Do you support municipal use of license plate cameras to help...
Providence is installing 25 license plate cameras around the city, despite the objections of the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and...
Cranston settles unlawful search-and-seizure lawsuit for $250K
CRANSTON – The city has agreed to pay a resident and his lawyers $250,000 to settle a lawsuit that last year reached the U.S....
ACLU: Judge orders release of juvenile offenders
The Rhode Island prison system has been ordered to release three inmates granted parole for crimes they committed when they were teenagers, according to...
R.I. highlighted in ACLU report on decriminalizing prostitution
For almost 30 years, prostitution wasn’t a crime in Rhode Island, as long as it took place indoors. What was the result?
According to one...
ACLU announces release of dozens of ICE detainees at Wyatt due...
CENTRAL FALLS – A lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island has resulted in the release of 25 U.S. Immigration...
Solitary confinement of mentally ill inmates subject of class-action lawsuit
PROVIDENCE – On behalf of incarcerated Rhode Islanders with mental illnesses, attorneys on Friday filed a class-action lawsuit against the R.I. Department of Corrections...
Providence councilman introduces new ordinance on panhandling
PROVIDENCE – A city councilman has proposed a variation on the city’s panhandling ordinance, which would define anyone speaking to another person or following...
Transgender bathroom issue moves to the fore
Before starting a $4 million remodeling of its Empire Street complex in downtown Providence, leaders of the nonprofit community arts organization AS220 thought carefully...
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