"During 2020, it was no surprise that the coronavirus would make it into this facility. From the very beginning the correctional officers ignored social distancing amongst...
Rhode Island’s High Security Correctional Facility is currently home to 78 incarcerated individuals. Colloquially known as ‘High Side,’ the facility has recently come under scrutiny for...
"I have spent the last 20 years, because of incarceration, facing up to this tragedy, believing in what is the central point of this legislation before...
Jose was due to be released on March 17. "I have to go on Wednesday to pick up his ashes," said Marie. "He's going to come...
"Jose Franco passed less than a month after Timothy McQuesten, who died in the Intake facility..."
"Take control over your guards! Tell them to do their job! Roll the tape so you can see with your own eyes that your employees are...
Both signs display paintings of a person behind bars, looking out directly at us. The words are decorated with paintings of the COVID-19 virus.
“Every day we hear from incarcerated people and their loved ones how poorly this outbreak is being handled and how terrified they are,” writes Decarcerate NOW.
"Any life lost is a loved one lost— a father, son, sister, a mother," said Ms Sheila of DARE, by telephone. "And it’s sad and it’s...
"808 incarcerated people are infected with Covid at the ACI and the number is growing. For nine months, family members, community organizers, public health experts and...