The House Judiciary Committee heard testimony Tuesday evening from 18 people in favor of creating a special House Commission to study the health and safety impact of revising commercial sexual …
In a win for bondholders, people who have invested heavily in for-profit prisons, money can once more be made in detaining undocumented immigrants under President Donald Trump’s Zero Tolerance Southern …
In response to a lawsuit from UMB Bank, representing the Wyatt Detention Facility‘s bondholders (aka ‘The Trustees’), elected officials from Central Falls, named in the lawsuit, are countersuing. After the …
The House Judiciary Committee heard testimony on Tuesday on H5683, a bill that would prevent justice-involved Rhode Islanders from being denied an occupational license based solely or partially on a …
The Central Falls Detention Facility Corporation Board (CFDFC) met Wednesday morning to discuss the lawsuit filed against the Board and Central Falls elected officials by the bondholders, identified as UMB …
Providence City Councilors Katherine Kerwin (Ward 12) and Rachel Miller(Ward 13) introduced a resolution to the Providence City Council last night in support of House Bill H5354, currently before the …
Mere days after being found in violation of the Open Meetings Act, the Central Falls Detention Facility Corporation (CFDFC), now operating under a new board of directors, has once more …
For Rhode Islanders who have been involved in the criminal justice system, occupational licensing restrictions pose a serious barrier to meaningful employment. Many of the entry-level jobs in some of …
This morning a group of immigration attorneys, including Deborah Gonzalez of the Roger Williams University Law School Immigration Law Clinic, were granted access to the Wyatt Detention Facility to deliver …
The lawsuit also seeks to take control of the Wyatt from the Corporation and to reinstate ICE contract. The individuals named in the suit include Mayor James Diossa, City Councilors …
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