From policing and sentencing, to the treatment of incarcerated people, the ACLU of RI seeks to reform the excessively harsh, unnecessary criminal justice policies and practices that result in mass incarceration, over-criminalization and ongoing inequality.
Criminal Justice
CAMPAIGN: COVID-19 & Civil Liberties in RI
April 1, 2020CAMPAIGN: The School-to-Prison Pipeline
January 1, 2020
CAMPAIGN: The Statehouse-to-Prison Pipeline
January 1, 2018CAMPAIGN: Racial Profiling
January 1, 2005
ACLU of Rhode Island v. Salisbury Jr.
October 23, 2024Blackie v. City of Woonsocket
October 17, 2024DePina / De Los Santos / McLaren v. Salisbury, Jr.
July 3, 2024
Cintron v Bibeault
May 11, 2023Monteiro v. Rhode Island
February 24, 2023Doe v. RI
June 1, 2022
Solitary Confinement Reform (S 3053)
May 9, 2024“Second Chance” for Juvenile Offenders (S 2205)
April 30, 2024Mandatory Minimum Sentencing for Sexual Assault (H 7050, S 2230)
April 30, 2024
Statute of Limitations Removal for Child Abuse (H 7235, S 2648)
April 30, 2024Expansion of the Crime of Stalking (H 7798)
April 26, 2024Increasing Penalties for Driving Offenses (H 7630, S 2936)
April 26, 2024