“23+ hour lockdown must end immediately. Release to the public an updated plan to restore educational programming, visitation and socially distanced recreation time within state and...
“We’re not asking for special treatment, but only for that which is fair and humane.“ A coalition of directly-impacted groups including the Formerly Incarcerated Union, IWOC,...
“We’ve tested all the workers, all the inmates,” said Governor Gina Raimondo at Friday’s COVID-19 press briefing. “We’ll continue to do that on a somewhat cyclical...
“Three inmates from the Minimum Security Facility tested positive for COVID-19 today as part of our routine surveillance testing of the facility. The three inmates are...
“She was one of the positive cases out in the community and was brought in to our facility to wait arraignment…” The Rhode Island Department of...
“It’s a public health crisis and we know it’s a ticking time bomb waiting to happen. We want her to start with the most vulnerable inside...
“A Correctional Officer from the Rhode Island Department of Corrections tested positive for COVID-19...” “The officer went home after notifying the warden the officer was not...
“We are not here to panic but to prepare and consider whether there are proactive steps we can take to address matters uniquely within our parole...
“We are encouraging judges to use home confinement for example, where they can, where people are eligible and just kind of reminding judges [to] please help...
“From a public health perspective, it is imperative that we protect Rhode Islanders, inside and outside the criminal justice system, from the coronavirus. In order to...