Do not include any other items with your correspondence, inmates are not allowed to receive stamps, blank paper or envelopes, these items must be purchased by the inmate from the commissary. All incoming mail is opened, inspected for contraband and may be read with the exception of privileged mail which can be opened and inspected in the presence of the inmate but not read. All mail must have a complete return address including your full name. You may only use white envelopes to send mail to an inmate, manila envelopes are allowed but only from attorneys. All incoming mail must be received through the United States Postal Service. One had been in Administrative Confinement for almost three years.Inmates in Rhode Island are allowed to send and receive mail. Solitary confinement status is reevaluated every 90 days.Īs of March 2020, at least eight prisoners had been in Administrative Confinement (23-24 hours in-cell each day) in High Security for over a year. ~10% are in the Residential Treatment Unit, a separate unit for prisoners with serious and persistent mental illness.

They are allowed one no-contact visit and two phone calls each week. ~50% are in Transitional Confinement, where they receive two hours out-of-cell each weekday, excluding weekends and holidays. They are allowed one no-contact visit and one phone call each week.

~35% are in Administrative Confinement, where they receive one hour out-of-cell each weekday, excluding weekends and holidays. Their cells have no desk and no chair some have no mirrors. Their cells consist of a bed, a sink, and a toilet. They are not allowed any visits and can receive up to one 10-minute phone call to immediate family every month that they remain booking-free (a booking is an allegation of breach of prison rules.). ~5% of High Security residents are in Disciplinary Confinement and get one hour out-of-cell each weekday, excluding weekends and holidays.

Depending on their classification, they spend 22-24 hours per day inside an 8-by-10-foot cell: Virtually all prisoners in High Security are in solitary confinement, also known as restrictive housing or segregation.

Ridoc inmate getting calls