Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island and the Roger Williams University School of Law Prisoners’ Rights Clinic are ...

Just a month after a Tiverton man won the right to wear an Apache headband at the Adult Correctional Institutions, the state Department of Correction is facing yet another lawsuit accusing officials ...

(WJAR) — Three inmates of Native American ancestry are suing Rhode Island’s prison system, claiming their religious rights are being violated by not being allowed to participate in ceremonies and have ...

BEEVILLE, Texas (AP) — Three male Native American inmates in Texas will be allowed to grow their hair long as an expression of their religious beliefs after winning a lawsuit against the state prison ...

The plaintiffs — represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island and a student legal clinic at the Roger ...

A Native American spiritual leader is seeking answers about how an indigenous man was stabbed to death while serving time in a federal prison in New Jersey. Two months after the killing at the Federal ...

Roderick Edmonds, a twenty-four-year-old non-commissioned officer from Tennessee, is one of just five Americans recognized by ...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island and the Roger Williams University School of Law Prisoners’ Rights Clinic are joining once again to challenge policies restricting Native American ...

Three Native American inmates at the ACI have filed a lawsuit alleging their religious practices are being denied. The ACLU is representing the inmates, claiming the ACI lacks policies accommodating ...