Lawsuit Calls For Emergency Release of ICE Detainees in a Massachusetts County People held in Bristol County are ‘extremely agitated and panicking’ due to unsanitary conditions and overcrowding amid the coronavirus outbreak. Julia Rock, Sara Van Horn Mar 30, 2020
Undercover Providence Police Faked Withdrawal Symptoms and Solicited Suboxone Rhode Island prosecutors charged nine people with felony distribution of the addiction treatment drug. Reform prosecutors in other states are declining such charges and instead encouraging access to the drug. Julia Rock, Harry August Mar 10, 2020
Providence Police Gang Database Policy ‘Tramples Fundamental Constitutional Rights,’ Lawsuit Says The department is targeting communities of color and violating local and federal law by using broad ‘association’ criteria to list people in a gang database, a Rhode Island community organization claims. Julia Rock, Lucas Smolcic Larson Jan 10, 2020
Rhode Island Police Don’t Just Make Arrests. Some Also Act As Prosecutors. The state is one of eight that allow cops to arraign people on misdemeanor charges. Advocates and academics say the practice is unjust. Julia Rock, Harry August Oct 10, 2019
