The letter points out that one of the lockdowns is to accommodate a day-long cookout on Mulligan’s Island where COs and their families will enjoy golf, volleyball and other activities. The food for the cookout has typically been prepared by RIDOC inmates.
The ACLU of Rhode Island today called on the city councils in Cranston, Pawtucket, and Woonsocket to direct their respective police departments to halt the use of automated license plate reader (ALPR) technology leased from the company Flock Safety.
We have favorably settled our federal First Amendment lawsuit against Woonsocket Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt for banning of some of her critics from her official Facebook page.
The ACLU of RI issued the following statement in response to the installation of vehicle surveillance cameras in Cranston, Woonsocket and Pawtucket: