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On a lopsided vote, the Rhode Island House passes a bill to overhaul police discipline

House passes bill to reform Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights

RI courts user survey underway

RI Courts want to hear from you, user survey under way

New law clears court debt for low-income Rhode Islanders

Court costs can prove an insurmountable hurdle for some people that can tie them to the courts long after they served their sentences.

Rhode Island bills would expand forgiveness of court debt

Court debt shadows many people long after they have served their time, and a missed court date to address the problem can land a debtor back in jail.

Rhode Island District court sheriff mistakes law student for defendant

Dozens of lawyers of color across the nation share similar experiences of a law student's viral video of being mistaken for a defendant.

$360,000+ forgiven in first-ever RI court debt relief event

At least 114 people benefited from the first ever RI court debt relief event.

RI courts initiative asks 'What does justice look like'

PROVIDENCE — The state judiciary is inviting Rhode Islanders to ponder what justice looks like to them in a new campaign aimed at sparking what promise to be difficult conversations about the role courts have played in systemic racism. “Our goal is to make sure our house is in order,” Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell said Wednesday in the blazing heat outside the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority headquarters on Elmwood Avenue. The campaign, called When Justice Works, launched with the appearance of placards emblazoned on the sides of buses encouraging Rhode Islanders to start thinking – and talking – about what justice means to their lives. 

Courts call on Rhode Islanders to contemplate what justice looks like in new campaign

Courts calls on Rhode Islanders to contemplate what justice looks like in new campaign