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| State representative questions Corrections Department’s move of parole, probation offices to downtown Providence |
| By providencejournal.com - Mark Reynolds |
| Published: 12/23/2013 |
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A state lawmaker has some questions about the Rhode Island Department of Corrections’ plan to move its parole and probation offices to a downtown location. State Rep. John J. Lombardi says he wants to know more about the types of convicts who will visit the offices on Fountain Street, close to the Providence Public Library, City Hall, the Providence Performing Arts Center and the hub of the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority bus system at Kennedy Plaza. Will they be sex offenders? Violent criminals? How many will visit the facility at 40 Fountain St.? Lombardi, D-Providence, wrote the director of the Corrections Department, A. T. Wall II, on Thursday, asking for more information about the plan, which sailed through the State Properties Committee on Tuesday. The basic plan calls for transferring the supervision of prisoners on parole or probation from the Urban League headquarters at 246 Prairie Ave. to vacant office space, which is the former home of the general treasurer. The properties committee voted to let the Corrections Department sidestep the formal proposals process and enter into lease negotiations with Emanon Associates LP, owner of the Fountain Street building. Read More. |
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