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

Editor's Choice 01/09/2026

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...

6 ACI staff members recovering after assault at medium security facility

Government 02/19/2024

CRANSTON – Six Adult Correctional Institutions staff members at the John J. Moran Medium Security Facility were injured Sunday when an inmate assaulted two...

DANIEL E. DOYLE JR., the former founder of the Institute for International Sport who was convicted and served seven years in state prison for embezzlement, died June 18 at age 74. / COURTESY INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL SPORT

Doyle, former nonprofit leader convicted of embezzlement, dies at 74

Government 06/21/2023

PROVIDENCE – Daniel E. Doyle Jr., former founder of the Institute for International Sport who was found guilty of embezzling from the organization and...

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DONALD MCCORMACK, senior consultant to McLaughlin Research Corp., has been elected chairperson of the Undersea Technology Innovation Consortium board of directors. / COURTESY UNDERSEA TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CONSORTIUM

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