(FBI Boston Twitter) PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — A Massachusetts attorney, two detainees and a Connecticut woman have been charged in an alleged scheme to smuggle contraband into the Wyatt Detention Facility, according to U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Cunha. Attorney Theresa M. DiJoseph, 50, of Woburn, MA, is charged with possession with intent to distribute a … Read more
CRANSTON, R.I. — The families of three men who died by suicide at the Adult Correctional Institutions last year are suing the prison’s supervisors and staff, arguing that they were “deliberately indifferent” to their risk of suicide. Cooperating attorneys for the ACLU of Rhode Island filed the lawsuits in US District Court on Wednesday on … Read more
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island said it has filed three lawsuits on behalf of families of inmates who committed suicide while incarcerated at the Adult Correctional Institutions. The ACLU said all three suicides occurred within a five-month span in 2023, and that the lawsuits allege that Department of … Read more