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All three letters came from the Adult Correctional Institution, were anonymous and were dropped into a mailbox accessible to more than 1,000 medium security inmates
Two anonymous letters sent from a state prison threatened to kill three corrections officers and other staff
The investigation is ongoing, and no allegations of potential cheating were confirmed
Sixty-two-year-old Raymond Tempest was convicted in 1992 of second-degree murder in Doreen Picard’s death
Suing the state DOC director on behalf of two inmates and the women they’re not allowed to marry
Kathy Lyons trains six days a week for her first fight
Attributed deficit primarily to overtime expenses because of staffing shortages in the correctional officer ranks
Craig Price, convicted of the murders of four women, is currently slated for release in 2018
Treating all chronically ill inmates would double the state’s $19.3 million prison health budget
A friend and former House colleague of Jesse Jackson Jr. says Jackson is being released from a federal prison Thursday and into a halfway house
The ‘Prison PUP’ program has prison inmates train dogs to assist deaf and disabled people
A rise in inmate attacks on officers has the union warning staff to be on high alert
Robert Vitale is the third and last ACI employee to retire amid an investigation following a séance that took place in February in the office of then-deputy director David McCauley
An ACI prisoner returning from the yard took a swing at a correctional officer on Saturday
Inmate Jose Pacheco allegedly wrote a threatening letter to an officer who recognized his handwriting
Prison officials said an inmate with ties to a notorious gang threatened to attack and kill a correctional officer
Rhode Island State Police has been asked to investigate allegations of potential criminal activity by key correctional officials
Department of Corrections will spend an estimated $350,000 to treat four inmates for Hepatitis C
Wave of opposition forced Governor Chafee to cancel plans to put the operation in the main business district
Assistant Director asked CO who calls herself psychic to perform readings while he was still on duty
At issue are written and video examinations given to applicants for entry-level correctional officer positions in the first phase of hiring
The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against the state of Rhode Island and The Department of Corrections