As part of Chief Judge John McConnell Jr‘s oversight of the COVID-19 epidemic at the Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls, Rhode Island, the warden is required to fill out weekly reports concerning the incidence of infection of and the measures undertaken to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. These reports are also useful in determining the number of ICE detainees currently incarcerated in the institution. (You can access all the reports here.)

The number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees currently housed at the Wyatt has jumped 316% in June, from 31 detainees on June 3rd to 98 detainees as of yesterday, June 21st. Uprise RI reached out to Wyatt spokesperson Christopher Hunter with a series of questions a week ago as the number of detainees was growing, but Hunter was unable or unwilling to answer these questions and referred Uprise RI to ICE Spokesperson John Mohan. Mohan has yet to respond to UpriseRI.

• June 03 – 31 detainees at the Wyatt.
• June 10 – 35 detainees at the Wyatt. (With a note attached stating that 50 additional detainees will be arriving on June 10 and included in next report)
• June 11 – 84 detainees at the Wyatt. (With a note stating that an additional 46 detainees will be arriving on or about June 16)
• June 17 – 82 detainees at the Wyatt. (With a note stating that approximately 48 more detainees will be arriving on June 17)
• June 21 – 98 ((With a note stating that the facility did not receive and 48 additional detainees as reported on June 17, but instead received 16 additional detainees.)

Where are these ICE detainees are coming from? What has changed, either nationally or more locally so that a detainee population can more triple in just over two weeks? Does this represent a policy change at ICE or within the United States government, or is this because some prisons in Massachusetts have stopped collaborating with ICE?

How does this affect the bottom line of the Wyatt, essentially a for profit prison that has never quite produced the income promised to Central Falls or the investors?

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Here are the reports. More on this as the story develops.

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Uprise RI has written extensively about the Wyatt, the ICE Detainees and community efforts to shut the prison down:

• Dozens testify against the Wyatt in Senate Committee meeting
• Central Falls lawmakers introduce legislation to shut down the Wyatt
• Demonstrators blockade roads to Wyatt Detention Center, Demand closure of the facility
• We Keep Us Safe: The election day march to shut down the Wyatt
• Bail hearings for ICE detainees at Wyatt: More than two dozen released
• Judge’s decision reveals why all Wyatt ICE detainees are being given bail hearings starting tomorrow
• Judge orders immediate bail hearings for ICE detainees at Wyatt Detention Center
• Judge grants motion for ICE detainee bail hearings at Wyatt
• COVID-19 cases have exploded at the Wyatt; Is the ACI next? State officials say no…
• ACLU class-action lawsuit seeks release for all ICE detainees at Wyatt Detention Center
• COVID-19 at Wyatt has doubled in latest report
• 13 detainees and three staff test positive for COVID-19 at Wyatt
• Wyatt cannot guarantee safety of medically vulnerable detainees, determines Court
• Correctional officer tests positive for COVID-19 at Wyatt
• Another ICE detainee released from Wyatt; Prison now has at least six COVID-19 cases
• Judge orders immediate release of two health compromised ICE detainees from Wyatt during pandemic
• Activists digitally protest Wyatt Board meeting; more details on COVID-19 at prison revealed
• Wyatt inmate tests positive for COVID-19, prison on lockdown
• Three Wyatt detainees allege unhygienic conditions, petition for release
• Never Again Action protests ICE detention amid COVID-19 at the Wyatt – from their cars
• The story I couldn’t write about the Wyatt
• Wyatt Detention Facility making progress towards resolution with bondholders and City of Central Falls, says prison board
• Treasurer Magaziner urges Wyatt bondholder Invesco to address community concerns over prison
• Carolers visit Wyatt Detention Center on Christmas Eve
• AMOR disrupts State Treasurer meeting over State’s continued business with Wyatt bondholders
• Never Again Action returns to the Wyatt Detention Facility
• Community Safety Survey in Central Falls indicates 98.4 percent feel negatively towards the Wyatt
• Attorney General Neronha opens up on the grand jury not indicting Wyatt correctional officers
• Alliance to Mobilize Our Resistance (AMOR) delivers letters to Wyatt bondholders
• Wyatt board approves forbearance agreement that effectively cedes control of prison to bondholders
• No Charges Against Wyatt Correctional Officers in Attack on Peaceful Protesters
• Wyatt Board violated both the Open Meetings Act and the Access to Public Records Act, determines RI Attorney General in pair of decisions
• Central Falls City Council approves James Lombardi III to chair Wyatt Board
• Wyatt board delays vote on forbearance agreement as protesters turn their backs
• Never Again Action and AMOR will demonstrate at Wyatt board meeting
• Did protesters shut down Friday night’s Wyatt board meeting?
• Never Again Action and AMOR will demand answers and action from Wyatt Board at Friday meeting
• Wyatt cancels board meeting citing safety concerns
• Due to UMB Bank, Wyatt lawsuit prompts protest outside Kemper Museum in Missouri
• Statement from Central Falls Mayor James Diossa on the Wyatt incident
• Attorney General Peter Neronha speaks to the press about the ongoing Wyatt investigation
• Never Again Providence calls for the closing of the Wyatt Detention Center in the wake of violence at peaceful protest
• In the aftermath of the assault at the Wyatt, Central Falls Police Officers refused to take statements from witnesses and victims
• Remi: A street medic at the Wyatt recounts their experience
• A peaceful event: Never Again Providence protests the ICE contract with the Wyatt Detention Center
• Interview with Jackie, who was struck by the truck at the Wyatt protest and briefly hospitalized
• Representative David Cicilline statement on violence outside Wyatt
• Wyatt Detention Facility statement regarding August 15 protest incident
• Photos from the Never Again Providence protest outside the Wyatt Detention Center
• Scenes from after the Wyatt Correctional Officer attack on the Never Again Providence protesters
• Statement from the Attorney General Peter Neronha on Wyatt Detention Center Incident
• Never Again Providence protest outside Wyatt ends in violence as correctional officers attack protesters
• Not for profit? – Wyatt Detention Center issues a statement defending the facility’s standards and detainees access to Health, Legal and Religious Services
• Meeting of the Wyatt Board generates more questions than answers
• Central Falls Police Report for the Never Again protest arrests outside the Wyatt
• Never Again Is Now: 18 people arrested protesting ICE and concentration camps outside the Wyatt Detention Center
• FANG visits the Wyatt Detention Facility’s “Special Master” at Locke Lord LLC
• Judge orders that ICE detainees can be held at the Wyatt
• Central Falls elected officials counter sue Wyatt bondholders under ‘Anti-SLAPP law’
• ICE detainees can stay at Wyatt while lawsuit talks underway; Wyatt board holds emergency meeting 9am Sunday morning
• ICE detainees at Wyatt get ‘Know Your Rights’ presentation from immigration attorneys
• Wyatt Bondholders sue Central Falls Mayor, City Council and Detention Facility Corporation for $130 million
• Wyatt lawyers respond to my APRA repeal
• AMOR attempts to contact ICE detainees held at Wyatt Detention Center
• Wyatt Board suspends ICE contract for 90 days; Detainees need to be moved out in seven days
• Central Falls City Council begins their move against the Wyatt by revoking foundational resolutions
• Central Falls Mayor, City Council President visit Wyatt Detention Center
• Wyatt Detention Facility refuses to release information on ICE detainees
• Central Falls City Council members lead march against Wyatt Detention Center
• Reactions to Wyatt Dentention Center crisis
• Protesters march from Central Falls City Hall to Wyatt Detention Center to call for an end to ICE detentions
• At emergency meeting, Mayor and City Council say they are done with Wyatt Detention Center
• Central Falls Mayor Diossa: Wyatt Detention Center needs to be shut down immediately
• Wyatt facility to once again house ICE immigration detainees