On today's show we look at two significant bills signed into law this week by Gov. Dan McKee. First, a ban on the sale and ...

CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) — Inmates at Rhode Island’s state prison live under “inhumane and hazardous” conditions, according to the families and supporters of prisoners who gathered at the ...

A prison contractor is accused of passing a cell phone to an inmate at the ACI. Inesa Vinarskaya, 59, who worked as a contracted speech therapist at the prison, faces a criminal charge.

CRANSTON – For the first time in more than 15 years, Rhode Island's prison population is rising, and state corrections officials expect it to continue growing over the next decade.

Steven Frias, Rhode Island’s National Republican Committeeman who twice tried to unseat Mattiello in House District 15, contended the state should keep the current process for counting inmates.

R.I. (WJAR) — Three inmates are facing new charges over a smuggled cell phone at Rhode Island’s state prison. Rhode Island State Police told the NBC 10 I-Team the charges are part of the same ...

2 inmates have died at Rhode Island state prison in 3 days, officials say The deaths are under investigation and a cause of death is not yet known, the state’s Department of Corrections said.

The lawsuit pending in U.S. District Court alleges the state prison system "subject(s) hundreds of people to prolonged solitary confinement in tiny, frequently filthy cells where they are kept ...

A man from Rhode Island was arguing with his on-and-off girlfriend when he ran her over with his car, killing her. The man has been sentenced to life in prison.

Advocates say they recognize that the lack of out-of-cell time is due to staffing shortages, but that the state Department of Corrections "needs to find a way to stay in compliance" with its ...