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Planned Parenthood President Dr Leana Wen speaks at the Rhode Island State House
Dr Leana Wen, President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), visited the Rhode Island State House to help local advocates push for the Senate passage of the Reproductive Health Care Act (RHCA) (S0152A), which will codify t...
Wyatt Detention Facility refuses to release information on ICE detainees
On March 25 I sent a request to Annalise Boucher, assistant to Warden Daniel Martin at Wyatt Detention Facility asking for information about the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees now being held at for-prof...
Central Falls City Council members lead march against Wyatt Detention Center
Lead by Central Falls City Council President Maria Rivera (at large) and City Councilors Jessica Vega (Ward 5), Jonathan Acosta (Ward 1) and Franklin Solano (Ward 4), around 150 people marched from Central Falls City Hall to Wyatt Detent...
Reactions to Wyatt Dentention Center crisis
The Rhode Island Immigrant Coalition[note]The member organizations of the Rhode Island Immigrant Coalition include ACLU of Rhode Island, AMOR RI, ARISE, CASO, College Visions, Crossroads, DARE, Domestic Violence Resource Center of South...
Protesters march from Central Falls City Hall to Wyatt Detention Center to call for an end to ICE detentions
Immediately following the Central Falls City Council emergency meeting a group of about 100 people marched from Central Falls City Hall to the Wyatt Detention Center to demand the release of the ICE detainees, the closing of the prison,...
At emergency meeting, Mayor and City Council say they are done with Wyatt Detention Center
Citing a long history of problems, the City Council and the Mayor stand united in their resolve to close down Wyatt Detention Center for good. Central Falls Mayor James Diossa blasted Wyatt Detention Center management over the deal the f...
Central Falls Mayor Diossa: Wyatt Detention Center needs to be shut down immediately
"Not only is [Wyatt] unsustainable and broken, it stands as a massive brick and barbed wire monument to out of control capitalism, corporate greed and social injustice," said Diossa. At an "emergency meeting" of the Central Falls City Co...
Moms issue their gun sense demands at State House event
Volunteers with Moms Demand Action flooded the Rhode Island State House on Wednesday to lobby legislators about three bills they are supporting to combat the epidemic of gun violence in Rhode Island and the United States. Joining them wa...
Rhode Island Religious Coalition in support of Reproductive Health Care Act
The Rhode Island Religious Coalition for Reproductive Freedom (Coalition) gathered in the State House Library on Wednesday in support of the Reproductive Health Care Act (RHCA) S0152A and the Reproductive Privacy Act (RPA) H5125A, which...
Representative Raymond Hull: Speaker Mattiello's leadership style is about "coercion, exacting vengeance and the abuse of power"
"I suppose that having taken action to strip political opponents of State House office space and rejected efforts to reform the operations of the House of Representatives, you may have [been] emboldened to continue to demonstrate a callo...