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State must heed union call prison is ‘out of control’

OUT OF ­CONTROL? ­Ten­sions are rising at the state prison in Cranston. Correctional officers union President Richard Ferruccio says violence, gang and drug activity are rampant. 
PBN FILE PHOTO
OUT OF ­CONTROL? ­Ten­sions are rising at the state prison in Cranston. Correctional officers union President Richard Ferruccio says violence, gang and drug activity are rampant. 
PBN FILE PHOTO

The president of the union at Rhode Island’s state prison told PBN violence at the Cranston facility “is now at a level I’ve never seen. “Our prison is out of control,” said union President Richard Ferruccio. And the response from the state Department of Corrections and the governor’s office? Crickets. Neither responded to PBN requests

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