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, responsible for operating state prisons. Its headquarters are located in Cranston. [3]

Contents

The Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) consist of seven prison buildings situated on the RIDOC grounds in Cranston. This includes five facilities for males and two for females, with an operational capacity of 3,854 inmates.

As of 2020, Rhode Island had no federal prisons within its borders. The following list excludes any municipal jails.

Facilities

Rhode Island's "Howard Prison" in Cranston, Rhode Island, at the turn of the 20th century Howard Prison, Rhode Island (ca 1900).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)

See also

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 July 2, 2023.
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