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For members of the media: Please refer to RIDOC Policy #1.03-01-2 Access to Public Information by News Media Representatives for our official media policy.


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    Upcoming Events:
    NewClick here for a brochure on our upcoming April 10th conference Interrupted Life: A Conversation About the Children of Incarcerated Parents Adobe Acrobat Document

    Brochures/Flyers:

  • Click here for A Guide for Friends and Families of Inmates at the Intake Service Center. (English)Adobe Acrobat Document (Spanish)Adobe Acrobat Document.
  • Click here for A Guide for Friends and Families of Incarcerated Women.(English) (Spanish) Adobe Acrobat Document
  • Click here for The Rhode to Reentry statewide prisoner reentry brochure. Adobe Acrobat Document
  • Attention Employers! Click here for The Rhode to Reentry employer-focused statewide prisoner reentry flyer on hiring ex-offenders. Adobe Acrobat Document
  • View our fact sheet, RIDOC at a Glance, by clicking here.Adobe Acrobat Document

     Recent Media Coverage:

      The CCRI Construction Technology Class in Minimum Security received a great deal of press attention including articles in the Providence Journal's Jobs Section, the Providence Business News, corrections.com, and a report on WPRI, Channel 12.

      An article about the Father-Child Visitation Program appeared in a recent issue of corrections.com's weekly ezine.

      The Habitat for Humanity project in which a crew of inmates from the Dorothea Dix Building is participating has been covered by WJAR, Channel 10 and the Providence Journal, and Providence Business News.

      The relationship between the Warwick Police Department and the RIDOC's Probation & Parole staff was covered recently in the Warwick Beacon.

      The Providence Journal's Law & Order photo column has covered the following DOC-related topics in recent months: the Father-Child Visitation Program, the Plate Shop, Video Court, Correctional Officer Armand Frechette, and the NEADS/Dogs for Deaf & Disabled Americans Prison Pup Partnership Program.

      Links to General Coverage:

    • WRNI (Rhode Island's public radio station) reporter Nancy Cook did a five-part series "Doing Life on the Installment Plan, which aired March 26th-30th, 2007. To listen, click here.

      • Links to Coverage of our NEADS/Dogs for Deaf & Disabled Americans Prison Pup Partnership Program:

    • Bob Kerr's column on March 6th in the Providence Journal covered the visit of combat Veteran John Sanchez of Las Vegas, Nevada, to Medium Moran where he and his hearing dog, "Honeybuy," met the inmate handlers. Click here for a link to the story.
    • Channel 10 covered the above client visit on March 6th. Click here and select Emotional Reunion for a link to their coverage.
    • Speak Russian anyone? Russia's Channel One did a news story on our Prison PUP Partnership Program through NEADS/Dogs for Deaf and Disabled Americans during the summer of '07. Click here for a link to their website, then click on the image of one of our CO's in Medium to link to the story.
    • Reuters, a worldwide news agency, recently visited our John J. Moran Medium Security Facility for a story on our NEADS Prison PUPS Partnership Program. To view photos posted on Reuters website, click here and then click on Prisoners Train Guide dogs.
    • World Picture Network photographer William Plowman recently visited our John J. Moran Medium Security facility to photograph inmates and dogs involved with our NEADS Prison PUPS Partnership Program. To view the photos posted on the WPN website, click here.