By Providence Journal staff . . . The ACLU of Rhode Island and the state have settled a lawsuit over a state law capping at 10 percent the occupancy of registered sex offenders at the Harrington Hall homeless shelter in Cranston. The law had been set to go into effect on Jan. 1 of this year, and resulted from displeasure among…
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Debate Between ACLU & Ron Book
CBS Miami’s Eliott Rodriguez discusses the relocation of homeless, sexual offenders and the controversy surrounding it with Miami-Dade Homeless Trust chairman Ron Book and Miami ACLU board member Jeanne Baker.
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By Sophie Culpepper . . . Last month, a bill that would cap the proportion of registered sex offenders in homeless shelter beds at 10 percent for shelters whose capacity exceeds 50 people passed in the Rhode Island State House. A coalition of activists are now asking via petition that Gov. Gina Raimondo veto the bill, arguing that the legislation…
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