CRANSTON, R.I. – June 10, 2008 – When Richard Frechette, Project Manager for Statewide Prisoner Reentry, learned that evening meals were no longer being provided to residents of the overflow shelter at Harrington Hall on the Pastore Complex, he quickly thought of a workable solution. Since...
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Contact: Tracey Z. Poole, RIDOC Media Relations (401) 462-2609
Michael Healey, Attorney General’s Office Media Relations (401) 274-4400, ext. 2234
CRANSTON, R.I. – May 16, 20008 – About 20 Rhode Island high schools and over 1,500 students will have heard the...
CRANSTON, R.I. – May 16, 2008 – With Rhode Island’s gloomy unemployment rate making headlines, the fact that the Rhode Island Department of Corrections is hiring should come as good news to those seeking a challenging career opportunity. The RIDOC is about halfway through the recruitment...
Contact: Tracey Z. Poole
RIDOC Media Relations
(401) 462-2609
CRANSTON, R.I. – May 12, 2008 – The Rhode Island Department of Corrections is pleased to announce RIDOC SPRING Media Day to be held on Thursday, June 5th, from 8:30 a.m. until approximately noon. The...
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Contact: Tracey Z. Poole
RIDOC Media Relations
(401) 462-2609
CRANSTON, R.I. – May 9, 2008 – Writer, poet, and teacher, Jimmy Santiago Baca, featured in a September 30, 2002 People Magazine profile titled From Jail to Yale, will offer a poetry and writing...
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Contact: Tracey Z. Poole
RIDOC Media Relations
(401) 462-2609
APAI Contact: Bea Leopold, Interim Executive Director
Information: Direct: 610-872-4645
CRANSTON, R.I. – May 9, 2008 – Lisa S. Holley, Chair of the Rhode Island Parole Board, was awarded...
CRANSTON, R.I. – April 29, 2008 – Men and women who are looking for a challenging career opportunity are invited to consider becoming a Correctional Officer. The Rhode Island Department of Corrections will launch the recruitment period for its next Correctional Officer Training Academy this...
CRANSTON, R.I. – April 16, 20008 – With prom and graduation season upon us, the Rhode Island Department of Corrections and the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office are pleased to announce a public safety initiative aimed at raising awareness of the devastating consequences of underage...
CRANSTON, R.I. – April 3, 2008 – The registration deadline for a free daylong conference addressing issues of concern regarding the children of incarcerated men and women in Rhode Island to be held on Thursday, April 10th, at Bryant University has been extended to the end of the day on Monday,...
The Atrium Gallery in the Department of Administration Building at One Capital Hill will host the annual show of artwork from Rhode Island Department of Corrections inmates. This is the tenth year the show has appeared at this location, and this year it will remain in place for two months, from...
