UpdatedTue, May 18, 2021 at 8:04 pm ET
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The Wyatt Detention Facility is overseen by the Central Falls Detention Facility Corporation. (Mary Serreze/Patch)
PROVIDENCE, RI — A Rhode Island Senate committee hearing drew testimony from dozens of advocates who expressed support for a slate of prison reform bills introduced by Sen. Jonathon Acosta, the Central Falls Democrat.
The measures were heard Monday before a joint meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Finance Committee. The corrections bills in their entirety would effectively shut down the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls when the prison's contract with the city expires.