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| ACI inmates fear crowding with 120-bunk addition |
| By cranstononline.com - Kim Kalunian |
| Published: 11/28/2012 |
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RHODE ISLAND - The addition of 120 new bunks at the John J. Moran Medium Security Facility in Cranston has inmates up in arms and both the Department of Corrections and the ACLU tight-lipped. Letters to both the Beacon and the ACLU from inmates in the Moran Facility took issue with the 120-bunk addition, citing concerns with inmate equality and treatment. The letters claim that the 120-bunk addition affects all of the cellblocks but one: a block occupied by inmates participating in the NEADS (National Education for Assistance Dog Services) program, which helps train dogs for the disabled. The cells for the NEADS participants would remain as single occupancy units. The letters allege that by converting other single-bunk cells into double-bunk cells, the project creates a “sub-class” of inmates, a violation of the 8th Amendment. In one letter, an inmate writes: “This action [addition of bunks] allows 24 A-mod cells to remain available for occupancy by inmates employed in the NEADS program. A program privately sponsored and funded. This raises the question of, ‘Is the 120 cell/inmate increase a reaction to and an answer for an un-established over-crowding or is the ACI only interested in maintaining funding resources from any contributor?’” Read More. |
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