The budget released late Monday afternoon and passed by the House Finance Committee on Tuesday includes increases in funding to both the Rhode Island State Police...
“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’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...
“…efforts to reduce the population at the ACI have come to a standstill, and the lack of testing of asymptomatic individuals at the prison leaves everyone...
“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...
“I want to thank the director at the Department of Corrections and all the correctional officers and the inmates for their cooperation.” “With two Correctional Officers...
“The ACI and jails across Rhode Island are ticking time bombs for a coronavirus outbreak. Public health experts have made clear – if there is an...
“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...