Rhode Island
Guides and facility information for the RIDOC Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) — six facilities on one campus in Cranston, holding pretrial detainees and sentenced people alike.
Rhode Island runs a unified correctional system — jail and prison in one state department — and all of it sits in one place: the six facilities of the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) occupy a single square mile on the Pastore Government Center campus in Cranston. Men enter the system through the Intake Service Center — the state’s jail — and women through the Gloria McDonald Women’s Facility; sentenced people move between the campus’s maximum, medium, minimum, and high-security buildings as classification changes. Each facility keeps its own visiting schedule, phone, and mailing address despite the shared campus. RIDOC posts an online incarceration search and runs a 24/7 automated information line for families. Use the guides below for state-specific rules and procedures, or jump to a specific facility.
State guides
Visiting in Rhode Island (RIDOC)
How the ACI visiting list works — the incarcerated person adds you, background checks run at every visit, and each facility posts a monthly housing-unit schedule.
Mail & Packages in Rhode Island (RIDOC)
How mail works at the ACI — white envelopes, page limits, the six facility post office boxes, and why the mail system may be changing.
Phone & Video Calls in Rhode Island (RIDOC)
How calls work at the ACI — the Securus system, the 10-number list and 20-minute limit, the law that keeps rates low (but not free), and $5 video visits.
Sending Money in Rhode Island (RIDOC)
How deposits work at the ACI — the visiting-list requirement and its 30-day grace period, Access Corrections channels, and the deductions that shrink an account.
Medical & Mental Health in Rhode Island (RIDOC)
How healthcare works at the ACI — state-run care with a Brown University partnership, a Patient Liaison line for families, published co-pays, and the separate medical-complaint process.
Transfers & Facility Placement in Rhode Island (RIDOC)
How Rhode Island's one-campus system works — where people enter, how classification moves them between the six ACI facilities, and how to track someone.
Facilities
Women's facilities
Men's facilities
Anthony P. Travisono Intake Service Center
Cranston · Maximum security — pretrial detainees, newly sentenced men, and protective custody
High Security Center (ACI)
Cranston · Supermax — close custody (men)
John J. Moran Medium Security Facility
Cranston · Medium custody (men)
Maximum Security (ACI)
Cranston · Maximum custody (men)
Minimum Security (ACI)
Cranston · Minimum custody (men)
Organizations that help families
Independent organizations in this state that support families of incarcerated people. They are not affiliated with this site, and their services and contact details can change — contact an organization directly to confirm what it offers.
Direct Action for Rights and Equality (DARE)
A grassroots Providence organization (founded 1986) organizing low-income families and communities of color for justice; its "Behind the Walls" committee works on prison/criminal-justice reform and supports incarcerated people and their families through court support, a community court-debt fund, and help with probation/home-confinement fees. Formerly incarcerated people and their family members are in its decision-making structure.
Rhode Islanders Sponsoring Education (RISE)
A Cranston, RI nonprofit (founded 1997) that provides scholarships and mentoring specifically to children of currently and formerly incarcerated parents, aiming to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty, crime, and addiction.
The RI Freedom Collective
A Rhode Island grassroots prison-reform organization founded by three formerly incarcerated men, focused on legislative advocacy at the State House, public education on rights, and building a support network that elevates the voices of currently and formerly incarcerated people and their families.