FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tracey Z. Poole, RIDOC Media Relations (401) 462-2609 Michael Healey, Attorney General’s Office Media Relations (401) 274-4400, ext. 2234 CRANSTON, R.I. – May 16, 20008 – About 20 Rhode Island high schools and over 1,500 students will have heard the sobering...

After deliberating for nearly 12 hours over three days, a Providence County Superior Court jury today found Katherine Bunnell, 24, of 2229 Diamond Hill Road, Woonsocket, guilty of beating her 3-year-old nephew, Thomas “TJ” Wright Jr., to death on Oct. 30, 2004. The jury rejected Bunnell’s claim...

CRANSTON, R.I. – May 16, 2008 – With Rhode Island’s gloomy unemployment rate making headlines, the fact that the Rhode Island Department of Corrections is hiring should come as good news to those seeking a challenging career opportunity. The RIDOC is about halfway through the recruitment period...

Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch today is advising Rhode Islanders how to maximize the probability that their donations will reach and assist victims of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar and the major earthquake that devastated China’s Sichuan Province by offering the following information. Research the...

Governor Donald L. Carcieri has ordered that the Rhode Island flag be flown at half staff in conjunction with President Bush’s proclamation of this week, as Police Week and today as Peace Officer’s Memorial Day. Flags will remain at half-staff until sunset Sunday, May 17, 2008.

A community artist, working in a South Providence neighborhood, will help raise awareness about a health hazard in the community while designing a series of informational signs through a partnership between three state agencies. Holly Ewald, an artist who lives in Warwick, has been commissioned...

Award recipients are eligible for up to $2,500 per year over four years, up to a total of $10,000. More than 800 students have been awarded over $5.6 million since the inception of the program in 2002. Warwick, RI: William H. Hurry, Jr., executive director of Rhode Island Higher...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (May 13, 2008) – Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis is offering Rhode Islanders with a yen for public service the chance to be a State House tour guide. “This is an opportunity to see the State House up close as few people have ever seen it. Become a tour guide and make a...

In July 2007 the RI General Assembly adopted Governor Carcieri’s budget proposal to save money by requiring the State to prosecute 17-year-old alleged offenders as adults. When the hoped-for savings from the law did not materialize, however, the Legislature repealed it in November 2007, but did...

Contact: Tracey Z. Poole RIDOC Media Relations (401) 462-2609 CRANSTON, R.I. – May 12, 2008 – The Rhode Island Department of Corrections is pleased to announce RIDOC SPRING Media Day to be held on Thursday, June 5th, from 8:30 a.m. until approximately noon. The Department’