The thought of hearing back from Simon Leys filled me with dread. It was late 1976 and I was an exchange student at a university in Shenyang, in northeast China. I’d only recently learned that Pierre Ryckmans, the man who had taught me Chinese, was none other than Simon Leys, a writer both celebrated and reviled in the French-speaking world.
The Providence Journal
CRANSTON A car rally Sunday afternoon renewed the cry for decarceration and called for corrections officers to be held accountable for not following protocols.
The weekly rally was held this time in memory of the inmate who died Feb. 9 in medium security, identified by organizers as Jose Franco.
ACI officials have not confirmed that the inmate was Franco, but court records show that Jose Franco, 46, who was returned to the ACI in July as a violator of the terms of his release, was deceased. He had been arrested Feb. 19, 2020, by Cranston police for failing, as a sexual offender, to notify police of his change of address. The judge suspended two years and gave him three years probation. A subsequent arrest for obstructing police violated the terms of his release, and he was sent back to serve the full term.