The Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RIDOC) is a state agency of
Rhode Island
Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area, smallest U.S. state by area and the List of states and territories of the United States ...
operating state prisons. It has its headquarters in
Cranston.
Contact Us
" Rhode Island Department of Corrections. Retrieved on December 7, 2009.
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.
there were no federal prisons
A federal prison is operated under the jurisdiction of a federal government as opposed to a state or provincial body. Federal prisons are used for convicts who violated federal law (U.S., Mexico), inmates considered dangerous (Brazil), or those se ...
in Rhode Island, and the following list does not include any jails operated by any municipality.
Facilities
;Males
:Maximum Security
:* Anthony P. Travisono Intake Service Center
The Anthony P. Travisono Intake Service Center is a maximum-security state men's prison in Cranston, Rhode Island, owned and operated by the Rhode Island Department of Corrections
The Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RIDOC) is a state age ...
:* High Security Center (inmate capacity 138)
:* Rhode Island Maximum Security Prison
Rhode Island Maximum Security Prison, formerly known as Howard Prison, is a Rhode Island Department of Corrections state prison for men located in Cranston, Rhode Island. It is the state's oldest operational prison, with a current capacity of 430 ...
:Medium Security
:* John J. Moran Medium Security Facility
The John J. Moran Medium Security Facility is a medium-security state men's prison in Cranston, Rhode Island, owned and operated by the Rhode Island Department of Corrections
The Rhode Island Department of Corrections (RIDOC) is a state agency ...
:Minimum Security
:* Minimum Security (inmate capacity 710)
;Females
:* Gloria McDonald Maximum and Medium Security Facility (inmate capacity 173)
:* Dorothea Dix
Dorothea Lynde Dix (April 4, 1802July 17, 1887) was an American advocate on behalf of the indigent mentally ill who, through a vigorous and sustained program of lobbying state legislatures and the United States Congress, created the first gene ...
Minimum Security Facility / Bernadette Building (inmate capacity 150)
See also
* List of law enforcement agencies in Rhode Island
According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 ''Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies,'' the state had 48 law enforcement agencies employing 2,828 sworn police officers, about 268 for each 100,000 residents.
State agencies
...
* List of United States state correction agencies
This is a list of corrections agencies in the states of the United States.
State adult prison agencies
* Alabama Department of Corrections
* Alaska Department of Corrections
* Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry
* Ark ...
* List of United States state prisons
This is a list of U.S. state prisons (2010) (not including federal prisons or county jails in the United States or prisons in U.S. territories):
* Alabama
* Alaska
* Arizona
* Arkansas
* California
* Colorado
* Connecticut
* Delaware
* Flori ...
* Prison
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References
External links
Rhode Island Department of Corrections
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State law enforcement agencies of Rhode Island
State corrections departments of the United States
Lists of United States state prisons
Penal system in Rhode Island
1972 establishments in Rhode Island