“I would say that there is not [a two-tiered system] because I can point you to cases where we have made the same charging decision when...
Policing and Sex Workers’ Rights In the United States, sex work was not explicitly outlawed in many areas for the first few centuries of its existence....
“No one should feel that they can’t call the police because they fear that they might be deported,” said the sponsor, City Councilmember Jessica Vega. On...
The ACLU has filed a “friend of the court” brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston in support of...
“Attorney General Barr, I’ve only met him once,” said Neronha. “for about an hour or so and I’m still not sure what to make of him…...
“What the prosecutors were trying to get at there, and what the issue there is, what is going through the minds of those correctional officers at...
“We call on all investment firms that serve as bondholders for the Wyatt Detention Center in Rhode Island to divest from this institution and stop profiting...
The state is one of eight that allows cops to arraign people on misdemeanor charges. Advocates and academics say the practice is unjust. This story first...
We write this statement with heavy hearts and devastation as we mourn the death of Berta Hudson, a 48-year-old woman of Providence, Rhode Island, who was...
As part of her ongoing efforts to reform Rhode Island’s criminal justice system, Governor Gina Raimondo today signed an executive order establishing the Juvenile and Criminal...