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Rhode Island Pays $380,419 to Settle Prison Guard Hiring Discrimination Suit
by Matt Clarke
In December 2019, the Providence Journal received a requested breakdown of money paid to applicants for prison guard positions with the Rhode Island Department of Corrections (DOC). The DOC sent a spreadsheet of 251 payments of between $286.63 and $3,096.36, totaling $380,419.
The money was part of ...
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