Rhode Island Department of Corrections

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Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RIDOC)
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Agency overview
Formed1972 [1]
Jurisdiction Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI), Probation, and Parole
Headquarters Cranston, Rhode Island
Annual budget$206,976,839 [2]
Agency executive
  • Wayne Salisbury, Director
Website http://www.doc.ri.gov

The Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RIDOC) is a government agency of the U.S. state of Rhode Island operating state prisons. It has its headquarters in Cranston. [3]

Contents

The Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) consists of seven prison buildings located on the grounds of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections, five for males and two for females. The ACI is located in Cranston, and has an operational capacity of 3,854.

As of 2020 there were no federal prisons in Rhode Island, and the following list does not include any jails operated by any municipality.

Facilities

Rhode Island's "Howard Prison" in Cranston, Rhode Island, at the turn of the 20th century RI Prison.jpg
Rhode Island's "Howard Prison" in Cranston, Rhode Island, at the turn of the 20th century
Males
Maximum Security
Medium Security
Minimum Security
  • Minimum Security (inmate capacity 710)
Females
  • Gloria McDonald Maximum and Medium Security Facility (inmate capacity 173)
Closed [4]
  • Dorothea Dix Minimum Security Facility / Bernadette Building (inmate capacity 150)

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References

  1. http://www.doc.ri.gov/administration/planning/docs/RI%20Fact%20Sheet%202011%20Final.pdf [ dead link ]
  2. http://www.doc.ri.gov/administration/financial/Expenditures%20by%20Program%20&%20Fund%20Source%20-%20FY2016.pdf [ dead link ]
  3. "Contact Us." Rhode Island Department of Corrections. Retrieved on December 7, 2009.
  4. "Facilities". Rhode Island Department of Corrections. Retrieved 2023-07-02.