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Aug 29, 2023

RIDE, PPSD, Families Reach Settlement on Preschool Special Education Federal Complaint

Today, the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE), and the ACLU of RI and RI Center for Justice announced that an agreement was reached settling the federal class action complaint recently filed by...

Aug 28, 2023

ACLU Sues Warwick City Council Over Censoring of Public Comment Speaker

ACLU of RI cooperating attorneys have today filed a federal lawsuit against the Warwick City Council for stifling the free speech rights of a local resident who was barred last month from speaking at a...

Jul 20, 2023

Civil Rights Groups Announce Implementation of Major Revisions to ACI’s Solitary Confinement Policies

The ACLU of Rhode Island and the R.I. Center for Justice announced today that, in response to mediation arising out of pending federal litigation challenging the R.I. Department of Corrections’ (RIDOC) use...

Revisions to solitary confinement policies

Jul 17, 2023

Suit Filed Against Providence School District for Failing to Provide Required Special Education Services to Hundreds of Preschool Children

Citing “systemic failures to comply with federal law,” cooperating attorneys for the ACLU of Rhode Island and the R.I. Center for Justice have today filed a federal class-action lawsuit against the...

Federal Class-Action Lawsuit for Special Education Services

Jun 16, 2023

ACLU Settles Case Against Cleaning Service Company for Discriminating Against Pregnant Job Applicant

The ACLU of Rhode Island today announced the favorable settlement of the case on behalf of Julia Schultz, a house cleaner who was terminated by a professional cleaning service immediately after they learned...

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Jun 2, 2023

Complaint Alleges Special Education Children Unlawfully Restrained in West Warwick, North Kingstown Schools

On behalf of four families, attorneys for R.I. Legal Services and the ACLU of Rhode Island today filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) against the West Warwick and North Kingstown...