![]() ![]() The group recently held a protest rally outside the weekly press conference by Gov. The RI Decarcerate NOW Coalition – – an umbrella organization that includes Direct Action for Rights and Equality (DARE), Black and Pink Providence, Formerly Incarcerated Union of Rhode Island, AMOR RI – Alianza para Movilizar Nuestra Resistencia, and other community members has been vocally critical for months about conditions at the ACI. The most recent weekly report published by DoC as of December 17 listed 1,098 total COVID-19 cases, of which 808 are among incarcerated persons and 290 among staff. The inmate’s family has been notified.” As is customary for DoC, the name of the deceased was withheld, citing “medical privacy laws.” RI Department of Corrections COVID-19 counts as of Dec 17, 2020.Īlthough DoC usually releases an update every Friday via their official Facebook page of the number of cases and deaths as of the prior day, it appears to be delayed this week due to the holiday. The inmate was housed in the Medium Security facility of the ACI, where he was serving a life sentence for murder, and a concurrent expired sentence for manslaughter. He was being treated at Rhode Island Hospital for complications of COVID-19. “The inmate had other serious complicating health conditions that contributed to his death. ![]() “The inmate requested ‘Comfort Measures Only’ and that no extraordinary measures be taken to keep him alive. Motif previously reported the first inmate death on Saturday, December 19, and the first staff death on Monday, December 14. A second inmate has died from COVID-19 at the Adult Correctional Institution (ACI), according to a statement from the RI Department of Corrections (DoC) on the afternoon of Friday, December 25. ![]()
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