Habitat for Humanity of Rhode Island – Greater Providence, Inc. and the Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RIDOC) have teamed up for the Habitat Prison Partnership, a program that gives select inmates from the Dorothea Dix Women’s Minimum Security Facility the opportunity to learn...
Twenty-six Rhode Island Department of Corrections Minimum Security inmates are the first to graduate from a new construction technology program offered in partnership with the Community College of Rhode Island. The inmates completed 190 hours of hands-on training and received a certificate of...
The Rhode Island Department of Corrections is pleased to announce a new brochure designed to provide helpful information to family and friends of inmates at the Intake Service Center, the state’s jail facility with a capacity of 1,146.
The new brochure came about when Assistant Director for...
Justice Center
The Council of State Governments
Martha Plotkin: 202.577.9344, mplotkin@csg.org
Danielle Langone: 240.482.8583, dlangone@csg.org
September 26, 2007
Immediate Release
New York ― A group of state and local leaders from across the country―including respected...
CRANSTON, R.I. - September 27, 2007 - Dr. Fredric Friedman, Director of Behavioral Health for the Rhode Island Department of Corrections, became the first corrections professional to be presented with a Heroes in the Fight award by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (Rhode Island) earlier...
WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to help prepare female ex-offenders for a smooth transition back into society, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today announced that the Department of Justice has awarded the Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RIDOC) $294,084 for its Prisoner Reentry Initiative.
Corrections Director A.T. Wall II is pleased to announce that Shelley Cortese of Barrington, R.I., a Probation & Parole Supervisor with the Rhode Island Department of Corrections since January of 2006, has been promoted to Assistant Administrator, Probation & Parole, effective immediately. In...
Corrections Director A.T. Wall II is pleased to announce that Michael Lanowy of Cranston, R.I., has been promoted to Lieutenant at the RIDOC’s Intake Service Center. The Intake Service Center serves as the state’s jail and is the largest of the seven RIDOC facilities with approximately 1,140...
Corrections Director A.T. Wall II is pleased to announce that Michael Martufi of Johnston, R.I., has been promoted to Captain at the RIDOC’s Minimum Security facility.
A twenty-year veteran of the RIDOC, Capt. Martufi began his successful corrections career as a Correctional Officer in 1987,...
Cranston, RI, August 30, 2007 – This morning, Thursday, August 30th, at 11 a.m., the first female Veteran to be teamed with a service dog through NEADS/Dogs for Deaf & Disabled Americans Canines for Combat Veterans Program, along with her new assistance dog, "Lila," met the inmate handler who...
