UpdatedTue, Dec 15, 2020 at 2:09 pm ET
Reply This is a terrible loss for the Department, state Department of Corrections Director Patricia Coyne-Fague said in a statement. (Courtesy Rhode Island Department of Corrections)
CRANSTON, RI A Rhode Island correctional officer died of complications from the coronavirus, the state s Department of Corrections announced Monday. Lt. Russell Freeman served in the women s facility. It is with a heavy heart that I must report the loss of Lt. Russell Freeman, who passed away
early this morning from complications of COVID-19, corrections department Director Patricia Coyne -Fague said in a statement.
Freeman worked with the department for nearly three decades. In 2006, he was promoted to the Special Investigations Unit, before becoming a lieutenant in 2014 and moving to the women s facility.
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The Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RIDOC) announced Monday that a Correctional Officer has died from COVID-19.
“It is with a heavy heart that I must report the loss of Lt. Russell Freeman, who passed away early this morning from complications of COVID-19”, said RIDOC Director Coyne-Fague.
Lt. Freeman began his career with the RIDOC as a correctional officer, graduating from the Training Academy in 1991.
He then was promoted to the Special Investigations Unit in 2006, where he served with distinction, garnering an excellent reputation among law enforcement for his tenacity and professionalism, according to RIDOC.
In 2014 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant and assigned to the Women’s Facility.
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