Correctional officers union: ‘Our prison is out of control’

Updated at 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 9.

Christopher Allen

01/09/2026

ACI — THE UNION that represents officers at the R.I. Department of Corrections says the prison system is being poorly managed to the point that it has become a public safety issue. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Conflict between the Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers and R.I. Department of Corrections Director Wayne T. Salisbury Jr. over prison operations has once again put Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s oversight of a major state agency under a microscope. Union President Richard Ferruccio said escalating violence, gang activity and drug activity are becoming more rampant

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