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...
"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...
Dr Jennifer Clarke, the now former medical programs director at the Rhode Island Department of Corrections, added her support to the petition in an affidavit. The...
"The work that we do today, the work that we did yesterday and the work that we do tomorrow continues and continues so that one day...
“Our bill is a small but significant step towards repairing the vast harm that mass criminalization has inflicted on Black and brown communities.“ The Fair Chance...
“As the national conversation around police violence unfolds, we must shine a light on the violence happening behind the walls, too,” write organizers in a statement....
“You defund social services all the time. You defund schools. You defund hospitals, community health centers, programs for low-incomes communities all the time. You are experts...
But lost in the discussion is the Providence City Council’s rush to pass a budget that doesn’t take into account voices in the community that seek...
“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,...