Corrections Director Ashbel T. Wall II has announced the promotion of Paul Fetter of North Kingstown, a 24-year veteran of the Department, to Correctional Officer Lieutenant, effective Sunday, October 31, 2010.
Lieutenant Fetter is temporarily assigned to men’s Minimum Security. He served...
URI Nursing Professor Ginette Ferszt says it’s been a longtime goal of hers to have URI nursing students working in the Adult Corrections Institutions in Cranston, where she has worked with pregnant inmates for many years. Last year, she approached then interim Director of General Nursing...
The Rhode Island Department of Corrections will hold its 17th annual Volunteer Appreciation and Recognition Ceremony on Tuesday, October 26th, beginning at 4 p.m. in the 2nd floor Conference Room of the main administration building, located at 40 Howard Ave., Cranston. During the ceremony, the...
The Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RIDOC) will host a delegation of criminal investigators from the Republic of Georgia on Wednesday, November 3, 2010. The visit has been facilitated through Chief Anthony J. Silva and the Department of Public Safety’s Rhode Island Municipal Police...
The Rhode Island Department of Corrections is pleased to announce its Fall 2010 Media Day to be held on Friday, December 10th, from 9:30 a.m. until approximately noon. Space is limited, so members of the media are urged to mark their calendars and reserve their spot as soon as possible.
The...
Seventeen men and women graduated from the Rhode Island Department of Corrections’ Correctional Officer Training Academy Class 78 on Friday, September 24th, at Rhode Island College’s Sapinsley Hall. Those receiving special awards include: Class Valedictorian – Darryl R. Palana; Physical...
Seventeen men and women will graduate from the Rhode Island Department of Correction’s Correctional Officer Training Academy Class 78 on Friday, September 24th, at 2 p.m. at Rhode Island College’s Sapinsley Hall in Providence.
The traditional “Inspection of the Graduates” by...
Emergency Responder and Correctional Officer Lieutenant Robert C. Sayles, of Johnston, R.I., recently completed Homeland Security training at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), located in Anniston, AL. The CDP is operated by the United States Department of Homeland Security’s Federal...
Thousands of high school and middle school students from across the state have come to prison – not as inmates, but as visitors to the DUI-focused Zero Fatalities Project presentation. Co-led by Assistant Attorney General Jay Sullivan and RIDOC’s Chief of Information and Public Relations...
The Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RIDOC) will host Bahamian Prison Officials Tuesday through Thursday, September 28-30th, 2010.
The visit has been facilitated through the Rhode Island National Guard’s State Partnership Program (SPP). The National Guard’s SPP links US states with...
