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Bills To Close Wyatt Detention Center Get RI Senate Hearing


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. ....

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R.I. Black and Latino caucus lists top legislative priorities


R.I. Black and Latino caucus lists top legislative priorities
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State Representative Karen Alzate, chairwoman of the Rhode Island Legislative Black and Latino Caucus, addresses the media at the State House on Friday.
PROVIDENCE The Rhode Island Legislative Black and Latino Caucus on Friday unveiled 13 priorities for this year’s legislative session, focusing on areas such as health care, criminal justice, and the minimum wage.
This year’s General Assembly is the most diverse in Rhode Island history, with 21 people of color in the 113-member legislature. And the new chairwoman of the caucus, Representative Karen Alzate, said the members are looking to convert the power in those numbers into legislative victories to help communities of color. ....

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R.I. state senators, head of State Police among fraud victims


Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training building in Cranston, R.I.Courtesy of the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training
PROVIDENCE — Fraudulent unemployment insurance claims are so widespread in Rhode Island that victims include the head of the State Police and at least three of the state senators who held a hearing on the problem Monday night.
“I was a victim of this and, as you may well know, so was the colonel of the State Police,” said Senator Stephen R. Archambault, a Smithfield Democrat. “It doesn’t show any discretion. It hits everybody. Of all people, they pick him – Colonel (James M.) Manni.” ....

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