Representative David Cicilline statement on violence outside Wyatt
October 31, 2019

Representative David Cicilline statement on violence outside Wyatt

United States Representative David Cicilline (Democrat, Rhode Island) issued the following statement today: “The right of a...

Wyatt Detention Facility statement regarding August 15 protest incident
October 31, 2019

Wyatt Detention Facility statement regarding August 15 protest incident

The incident which occurred last night is currently being investigated by the Rhode Island State Police. Donald...

Missak Melkonian: The mask is off: fascism is here
October 31, 2019

Missak Melkonian: The mask is off: fascism is here

To many, the headline of this article is sensationalist and offers no real analogy to the social...

Bradly J VanDerStad: An angry Rhode Islander
October 31, 2019

Bradly J VanDerStad: An angry Rhode Islander

I’m seething mad. I’m hopping mad. I have rage boiling up deep inside me and pouring out...

Photos from the Never Again Providence protest outside the Wyatt Detention Center
October 31, 2019

Photos from the Never Again Providence protest outside the Wyatt Detention Center

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Scenes from after the Wyatt Correctional Officer attack on the Never Again Providence protesters
October 31, 2019

Scenes from after the Wyatt Correctional Officer attack on the Never Again Providence protesters

After a Wyatt Correctional Officer drove his pickup truck into a group of sitting, peaceful protesters outside...

Statement from the Attorney General Peter Neronha on Wyatt Detention Center Incident
October 31, 2019

Statement from the Attorney General Peter Neronha on Wyatt Detention Center Incident

This Office, working with the Rhode Island State Police, is investigating what transpired last night at the...

Never Again Providence protest outside Wyatt ends in violence as correctional officers attack protesters
October 31, 2019

Never Again Providence protest outside Wyatt ends in violence as correctional officers attack protesters

“If they’ll use this kind of violence on us,” asked former State Representative Aaron Regunberg, “think about...

Not for profit? – Wyatt Detention Center issues a statement defending the facility’s standards and detainees access to Health, Legal and Religious Services
October 31, 2019

Not for profit? – Wyatt Detention Center issues a statement defending the facility’s standards and detainees access to Health, Legal and Religious Services

The Wyatt Detention Center issued a press release today defending the facility’s standards and the access to...

FANG visits the Wyatt Detention Facility’s “Special Master” at Locke Lord LLC
October 31, 2019

FANG visits the Wyatt Detention Facility’s “Special Master” at Locke Lord LLC

Members and allies of the FANG Collective entered the law offices of Locke Lord LLP in Providence...

Judge orders that ICE detainees can be held at the Wyatt
October 31, 2019

Judge orders that ICE detainees can be held at the Wyatt

In a win for bondholders, people who have invested heavily in for-profit prisons, money can once more...

Central Falls elected officials counter sue Wyatt bondholders under ‘Anti-SLAPP law’
October 31, 2019

Central Falls elected officials counter sue Wyatt bondholders under ‘Anti-SLAPP law’

In response to a lawsuit from UMB Bank, representing the Wyatt Detention Facility‘s bondholders (aka ‘The Trustees’),...

ICE detainees can stay at Wyatt while lawsuit talks underway; Wyatt board holds emergency meeting 9am Sunday morning
October 31, 2019

ICE detainees can stay at Wyatt while lawsuit talks underway; Wyatt board holds emergency meeting 9am Sunday morning

Mere days after being found in violation of the Open Meetings Act, the Central Falls Detention Facility...

ICE detainees at Wyatt get ‘Know Your Rights’ presentation from immigration attorneys
October 31, 2019

ICE detainees at Wyatt get ‘Know Your Rights’ presentation from immigration attorneys

This morning a group of immigration attorneys, including Deborah Gonzalez of the Roger Williams University Law School...

Wyatt Bondholders sue Central Falls Mayor, City Council and Detention Facility Corporation for $130 million
October 31, 2019

Wyatt Bondholders sue Central Falls Mayor, City Council and Detention Facility Corporation for $130 million

The lawsuit also seeks to take control of the Wyatt from the Corporation and to reinstate ICE...

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