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The Providence Journal CRANSTON A car rally Sunday afternoon renewed the cry for decarceration and called for corrections officers to be held accountable for not following protocols. The weekly rally was held this time in memory of the inmate who died Feb. 9 in medium security, identified by organizers as Jose Franco. ACI officials have not confirmed that the inmate was Franco, but court records show that Jose Franco, 46, who was returned to the ACI in July as a violator of the terms of his release, was deceased. He had been arrested Feb. 19, 2020, by Cranston police for failing, as a sexual offender, to notify police of his change of address. The judge suspended two years and gave him three years probation. A subsequent arrest for obstructing police violated the terms of his release, and he was sent back to serve the full term. ....
Adult Correctional Institutions ( ACI) in Cranston, and the advocates for and family members of those incarcerated demand greater efforts to protect residents and workers at these facilities, UpriseRI brought questions from various groups to Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo‘s weekly Covid press briefing. Questions were also addressed to Dr Nicole Alexander Scott, the director of the Rhode Island Department of Health ( RIDOH). UpriseRI: With the outbreak at the ACI, people have been calling for lowering the population there. Dr Jennifer Clarke, the outgoing medical director said that efforts should be taken to reduce the prison population. What are your opinions on that? ....