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Rhode Island has 8 operational correction facilities throughout the state, including one intake center, a high security center, two maximum security facilities, two medium, and two minimum security prisons. The state prison population is at 3450 out of over 1 076 000 residents living throughout Rhode Island. The state can be viewed as relatively safe, ranked 40th on the list of most violent states (based on the number of violent crimes per 100 000 people.) Rhode Island government abolished the death penalty in 1984, though it had not been enforced since the state's last execution was held in 1930. The Rhode Island Department of Corrections has put in place programs to connect with the community in an attempt to keep crime rates low. SCORE, the Special Community Outreach Education, aims to educate students in schools on issues surrounding crime and punishment. Another initiative enabling Rhode Island residents to stay out of correction facilities is the jail diversion program for veterans struggling with substance abuse. This program takes the form of treatment against substance abuse for offenders in the place of serving time in an institution. |
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04, Jun 2012 - Westerly Those who knew him gather to remember Ryan O’Loughlin - Bristol Press
Attorney Mark Dana, who is representing O’Loughlin’s family, said he was waiting for a response from the Westerly, R.I., Town Council ... according to Dana. A Rhode Island grand jury investigated O’Loughlin’s death and concluded in ...
04, Jun 2012 - North Kingstown Former local dentist arrested - Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Anusavice, 59, of North Kingstown, R.I., was announced by Connecticut ... Mr. Anusavice also had been licensed to practice dentistry in Rhode Island. In 1999, after pleading guilty to filing a false income tax return, Mr. Anusavice was sentenced ...
04, Jun 2012 - Richmond POLICE LOG: May 17, 2012
Arrest reports from Hopkinton, Richmond, and Rhode Island State police.
04, Jun 2012 - Richmond Dentists charged in alleged $20 million fraud - WJTV.com
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) Federal authorities have arrested two men from Rhode Island and New York in an alleged $20 million Medicaid fraud scheme involving dentists' offices in Connecticut. Fifty-nine-year-old Gary Anusavice of North Kingstown ...
04, Jun 2012 - Richmond POLICE LOG: Fri. May 25
Arrest reports from Rhode Island State police.
04, Jun 2012 - Richmond RI police: Man arrested after 1980 escape from - WCBD
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) Rhode Island police have arrested a man they say escaped from a South Carolina prison facility on Christmas Day more than three decades ago. State police said Thursday that 65-year-old Armin Christian was arraigned in ...
04, Jun 2012 - North Kingstown Mother to serve 20 years in daughter’s death
A Rhode Island mother convicted of strangling her 8-year-old daughter in 2009 after the girl refused to take a bath and threw a two-hour tantrum was ordered Tuesday to serve 20 years in prison. A judge in Providence ordered Kimberly Fry to serve 20 years of a 40-year sentence. The 38-year-old North Kingstown resident said at the hearing she would forever hate herself and wished she were dead so ...
04, Jun 2012 - North Kingstown RI man sentenced to serve 10 years for arson - MySanAntonio
A North Kingstown man has been sentenced to serve 10 years of a 25-year prison term for setting fire last year to a discount store where he worked. The Rhode Island attorney general's office announced Friday that 28-year-old Stuart Moody pleaded guilty to ...
04, Jun 2012 - Union Fugitive Finally Caught After 1980 Prison Escape - Mason County Daily News.com
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(BRISTOL, R.I.) -- After being on the run for over 30 years, an escapee from a South Carolina prison has been caught in Rhode Island. Authorities said Armin Christian, 65, was sentenced to 11 months in prison in November 1980 for ...
04, Jun 2012 - Richmond E.G. cops nab armed robbery suspect
East Greenwich Police have arrested the suspect in an armed robbery and Eyewitness News has learned that he's the son of a high-ranking member of the Rhode Island State Police.
03, Jun 2012 - Westerly POLICE LOGS: Sunday, May 13
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03, Jun 2012 - Pawtucket 3 RI stores busted for illegal gambling
Three men are arrested as the result of a state police investigation into illegal gambling machines at convenience stores located in northern Rhode Island.
03, Jun 2012 - New England Organized Crime Associate Sentenced to Seven Years in Federal Prison - FBI Press Room (
PROVIDENCE, RI—Richard Bonafiglia, 58, of Providence, Rhode Island, an admitted associate of the New England La Cosa Nostra (NELCN) was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Providence today to 84 months in federal prison for his participation in a ...
03, Jun 2012 - Pawtucket 11 charged in RI heroin trafficking ring
Eleven people are behind bars after a massive drug bust in Rhode Island.  One by one, members of local and federal law enforcement lined up behind U.S. Attorney Peter Neronha, who got to announce the result
03, Jun 2012 - Westerly POLICE LOG: Fri. May 11
Arrest reports from Westerly and Rhode Island State police.
03, Jun 2012 - US Supreme Court asked to delay RI prisoner case
The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to delay the surrender of a Rhode Island inmate at the center of tug-of-war between Gov. Lincoln Chafee (CHAY'fee) and federal prosecutors over a possible death-penalty prosecution.
03, Jun 2012 - Deadbeat parents in RI not deterred by jail threat
The threat of jail time is failing to force deadbeat parents in Rhode Island to pay up.
03, Jun 2012 - Fugitive 'posing as a Rhode Island handyman' is caught by police after 32 years on the ru
A fugitive who escaped prison more than three decades ago has been caught living quietly as a Rhode Island handyman. Armin Christian, 65, was serving an 11-month sentence for failure to pay child support when he broke out of Piedmont Work Center near ...
03, Jun 2012 - Trumbull Dental Practice Operators Charged in $20 Million Medicaid Fraud Conspiracy - FBI Press Room (press
Anusavice also has recently reopened a dental practice at the former location of Dental Care of Connecticut in Trumbull. Anusavice was arrested this morning at his home in North Kingstown, Rhode Island on a federal criminal complaint charging him with ...
03, Jun 2012 - Deadbeat parents in RI not deterred by jail threat - Times Union
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The threat of jail time is failing to force deadbeat parents in Rhode Island to pay up. State and federal laws allow for prosecution of deadbeat parents, but law enforcement officials have rarely used the laws because child ...
03, Jun 2012 - Westerly FBI looking into death of Mystic man following 2011 Westerly arrest - TheDay
In February, the Rhode Island Attorney General's Office announced that a grand jury had decided not to indict the three officers who had arrested the 34-year-old Navy veteran. According to reports filed by Westerly police Officer Terence ...
03, Jun 2012 - RI House backs restrictions on prison credits
The Rhode Island House voted Thursday to prevent murderers, child molesters and other violent offenders from leaving prison early for good behavior.
03, Jun 2012 - Pawtucket Here is the latest New England sports news from The Associated Press - NECN
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP ... played for a while with the Celtics and lives in Framingham, Massachusetts. He was arrested in January in Cranston, Rhode Island.
03, Jun 2012 - Sumter RI police: Man arrested after 1980 escape from SC - Item
Rhode Island police have arrested a man they say escaped from a South Carolina prison facility on Christmas Day more than three decades ago. State police said Thursday that authorities are taking 65-year-old Armin Christian back to South Carolina.
03, Jun 2012 - Pawtucket Three convenience store owners arrested
Three local convenience store owners were arrested after a two-month long investigation by Rhode Island State Police showed that the stores were using illegal gambling machines and selling illegal cigarettes.
03, Jun 2012 - Pawtucket 4 arrested with hallucinogens near Groton base
Four Rhode Island residents have been arrested as part of a joint investigation by state, local and Navy authorities into the sale of hallucinogenic drugs near the U.S. Submarine Base.
03, Jun 2012 - Pawtucket 4 arrested with hallucinogens near base
Four Rhode Island residents have been arrested as part of a joint investigation by state, local and Navy authorities into the sale of hallucinogenic drugs near the U.S. Submarine Base.
03, Jun 2012 - Attleboro Two Attleboro men charged in area wide drug probe - Sun Chronicle
ATTLEBORO — Two South Attleboro men are among almost ... in Rhode Island as well as in communities in Bristol and Plymouth counties in Massachusetts. Torres was arrested in a major drug bust in July 2010 at the Fairfax Gardens housing project ...
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(CBS/AP) PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Rhode Island police have arrested a man they say escaped from a South Carolina prison on Christmas Day over 30 years ago. State police said Thursday that authorities are taking 65-year-old Armin Christian back to South Carolina.
03, Jun 2012 - West Greenwich COURT LOG: Fri. May 18 - Westerly Sun
A second charge of simple assault was dismissed. • Paul S. Benoit Jr., 21, of West Greenwich, pleaded not guilty to a Rhode Island State Police charge of leaving the scene of an accident with damage. He was released on a promise to appear on May 30.
03, Jun 2012 - Ex-strip club bouncer gets 7 years in RI case - MySanAntonio
Edward "Eddy" Lato, 65, the captain of the mob's Rhode Island crew, and mob member Alfred "Chippy" Scivola ... Iafrate is serving a 2½-year prison sentence for racketeering conspiracy. Theodore Cardillo, 69, who prosecutors say was a manager at the ...
03, Jun 2012 - Rhode Island Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Awaits Final Votes - Drug War Chronicle
Under current Rhode Island law, pot possession is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and a $500 fine. The bills have strong public support. A Public Policy Polling survey in January showed that 65% of likely voters supported decriminalization.
03, Jun 2012 - Pawtucket RI lawyer sentenced in mortgage fraud
A disbarred Rhode Island attorney has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a $1.1 million mortgage fraud scheme.
03, Jun 2012 - Chafee, RI inmate ask appeals court to delay order
Gov. Lincoln Chafee and defense attorneys on Friday asked an appeals court in Boston to delay issuing an order in a tug-of-war over a Rhode Island inmate facing a possible death-penalty prosecution so that the U.S. Supreme Court may decide whether to review the case.
03, Jun 2012 - Pawtucket Multiple arrests in alleged sale of LSD, Ecstacy near Navy base
Town police along with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and the Statewide Narcotics Task Force arrested four Rhode Island residents Thursday in connection with the sale of illegal drugs in an area of Groton where many Navy families live.
03, Jun 2012 - RI prison dog Frankie dies unexpectedly
Rhode Island Department of Corrections dog Frankie has died. Prison officials announced the German shepherd's death on Wednesday. The 10-year-old dog was put down on Friday morning after falling ill on Thursday and being examined by a veterinarian.
03, Jun 2012 - Pawtucket A busy night in Norton - Sun Chronicle
Stefan Sunda, 20, of the Bronx, N.Y., was transported by Norton firefighters to Rhode Island ... of Pawtucket, allegedly struck a utility pole and knocked down wires in the area of 118 Mansfield Ave. Fabregas was arrested at the scene and ...
03, Jun 2012 - Taunton High-speed chase suspect faces judge
A Providence man has been arraigned in court following a high-speed police chase that started in Rhode Island and ended in Massachusetts.
03, Jun 2012 - Charlestown Volunteers take up slack during down economy - Prescott Valley Tribune
"I wanted to bring authentic learning to the volunteers," she said. That included bringing in speakers to talk about crime prevention ... his volunteer work at the police department. His parents built a house in Rhode Island, and he shared what he learned ...
03, Jun 2012 - RI Senate passes prison credit restrictions
The Rhode Island Senate has voted to prevent murderers, child molesters and other violent offenders from leaving prison early for good behavior.
03, Jun 2012 - Attleboro Sutter's 5th successful wiretap probe nets 23 arrests, heroin and guns - Abington Mariner
As the investigation progressed, additional assistance was obtained from other agencies including, the Rhode Island State Police, Massachusetts State Police, Rhode Island HIDTA Group, Attleboro Police ... also executed search warrant at Baptiste’s ...
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