The troubled, racist son of trans Nazi-loving Rhode Island killer Robert Dorgan was jailed last year for setting a series of fires at a predominantly black church, according to a report. Kevin ...

A program that involved the sale of decks of cards to prisoners helped solve a Pawtucket cold case, police say. The defendant in the case, who is a prisoner at the ACI, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday ...

Steven Brown, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island, wrote to The Herald that the ACLU has “long believed” that life without parole sentences “rob individuals of ...

(WJAR) — Three inmates of Native American ancestry are suing Rhode Island’s prison system, claiming their religious rights are being violated by not being allowed to participate in ceremonies and have ...

A judge ruled April 30 that a Rhode Island prison could not stop a Native American inmate from wearing a religious headband, according to court documents. Screengrab from the complaint A prison that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Rhode Island man has been sentenced to federal prison for trafficking thousands of fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills and more ...

Denise Guyette, 31, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for her role in a drug ring that trafficked fentanyl and methamphetamines from Arizona to Massachusetts. Guyette, along with co-conspirators ...

NEW LONDON — A Rhode Island man has been sentenced to more than a year in prison in connection with a 2021 fatal crash in North Stonington, officials say. In a release, the Connecticut Division of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ashbel "A.T." Wall, who led the Rhode Island Department of Corrections for close to two decades, died Dec. 11, a corrections ...

Ashbel "A.T." Wall, who led the Rhode Island Department of Corrections for close to two decades, died Dec. 11, a corrections spokesman confirmed. He was 72. Wall held top posts in the state prison ...