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Community groups press lawmakers to end ICE contracts at Wyatt Detention Center; committee holds bill
Summary
Dozens of witnesses urged the Rhode Island Senate Judiciary Committee to pass Senate Bill 295 to end ICE contracts at the Wyatt Detention Center in Central Falls, citing alleged medical neglect and poor conditions.
Dozens of community members and advocacy groups testified April 3 in favor of Senate Bill 295, a measure sponsored by Sen. Acosta that would prohibit municipalities from using state or local resources to house people detained for federal civil immigration violations and would require the Wyatt Detention Center in Central Falls to end its ICE contract.
Speakers brought dozens of recent first‑hand accounts and organizational reports alleging medical neglect, unsanitary conditions, restricted legal access and punitive limitations on phone and commissary access for people detained at the Wyatt. Volunteers with the AMOR support network and other community organizations…
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