Tag: R.I. Department of Corrections
RWU dean receives Success Value Award from ARISE
JAMIE E. SCURRY, dean of the School of Continuing Studies at Roger Williams University, was recently presented with the Success Value Award from the...
Study: ACI addiction-treatment program linked to 61% fewer inmate overdose deaths
PROVIDENCE – A $2 million launch in 2016 of the nation's first program screening all of a state’s inmates for opioid use disorder to...
Wall: ACI job training ‘here to stay’
During his 31-year tenure with the R.I. Department of Corrections – 18 as director – A.T. Wall helped prioritize job placement and preparation programs...
RWU mass incarceration forum leads to updated probation, parole laws
It was “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness,” by Michelle Alexander, that led Judith Savage to build a forum...
Miriam Hospital wins federal grant to study post-incarceration opioid treatment
PROVIDENCE — Miriam Hospital has been awarded a federal $215,157 National Institutes of Health grant to study an innovative opioid addiction program for incarcerated...
RIDOC, DOJ settle correctional officer employment discrimination suit
PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Justice Department has reached a settlement with Rhode Island and the R.I. Department of Corrections to resolve a lawsuit alleging...
R.I. inmates transition into workforce with Pivot the Hustle program
PROVIDENCE – On Wednesday, a cohort of nine men will graduate from “Pivot the Hustle,” a program based at Roger Williams University that helps...
Will R.I. be ready for mandate on composting?
Rhode Island may not be ready for a new statewide composting law that goes into effect Jan. 1, with two needed food-waste-to-energy facilities yet...
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