Below is a list of some of the ACLU of RI's in-depth research and analyses on various civil liberties issues in the Ocean State.
School suspensions in RI reached their highest rates in a decade in 2014, and racial disparities in school discipline data got worse, not better, since our previous reports on this issue.
May 5, 2015
Despite progress toward gender equality, gender-exclusive student events continue to perpetuate stereotypes. That’s the finding of this report, based on a survey of 40 elementary schools in 16 school districts.
March 10, 2015
This report calls on state and municipal leaders to examine policies and practices that lead to discriminatory treatment of black Rhode Islanders, from elementary school through adulthood.
February 19, 2015 Ten years after Rhode Island law began requiring police departments to post online their police complaint forms and procedures, some departments are still not in compliance with some of the law’s basic requirements.
September 24, 2014
An audit of the 2012 amendments to the state’s Access to Public Records Act (APRA) shows that a number of state agencies and municipal departments, in particular the police, are in violation of the changes to the law. In addition, enforcement of the law appears to be weak or nonexistent.
September 17, 2014
This is a follow-up to a report issued last June, which examined eight years of suspension data and showed significant racial bias in school discipline.
March 10, 2014