January 19, 2020

Gun violence prevention in action at the Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence

The Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence (RICAGV) partnered with the Cranston Action Network to host two...

October 31, 2019

Wyatt Board suspends ICE contract for 90 days; Detainees need to be moved out in seven days

New Board Chair Joseph Molina Flinn says Warden overstepped in signing contract; cites human rights and fiduciary...

October 31, 2019

Central Falls City Council begins their move against the Wyatt by revoking foundational resolutions

The Central Falls City Council passed two resolutions Wednesday evening “rescinding, withdrawing, denouncing, invalidating and terminating” two...

October 31, 2019

Central Falls Mayor, City Council President visit Wyatt Detention Center

“Having gone down to the border to protest with mayors both from the Democratic Party [and] the...

October 31, 2019

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...

October 31, 2019

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...

October 31, 2019

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...

October 31, 2019

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...

October 31, 2019

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...

October 31, 2019

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...

January 19, 2020

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...

January 19, 2020

March for Our Lives RI: “We are the revolutionaries. We rise up…”

Nearly 200 people, mostly students, gathered on the southern steps of the Rhode Island State House to...

October 31, 2019

Wyatt facility to once again house ICE immigration detainees

ACLU raises specter of the death of Jason Ng The ACLU of RI has learned that Immigration...

October 31, 2019

Rhode Island’s parentage law hurts some families, the Uniform Parentage Act will remedy that

Rhode Island’s parentage laws are woefully out of date. The statutes were enacted in 1979, and have...

January 19, 2020

Las Vegas shooting survivor Erica Keuter: You do not want the next mass shooting to take place here in Rhode Island

The House Judiciary Committee heard testimony on a series of bills concerning guns Tuesday evening. Gun safety...