At any given time, the ACLU of RI is involved in dozens of legal battles on behalf of civil liberties in the Ocean State. Below is a list of many the cases we have worked on. For our annual case dockets, click here.
This is a lawsuit in federal court seeking monetary damages on behalf of a former Narragansett High School student with special education needs who was thrown to the ground, choked and falsely arrested by a...
This is a successful class-action lawsuit challenging the RI Department of Labor and Training’s (DLT) actions in summarily freezing unemployment insurance payments without notice or explanation.
This is a class-action lawsuit seeking the release of all ICE detainees being held at the Wyatt Detention Center in Central Falls.
This is an emergency lawsuit seeking the release of three immigrants being detained at the Wyatt Detention Center who are at high risk for serious illness or death in the event of COVID-19 infection.