NEW: Wyatt Commission to Meet Today
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
The Special Legislative Commission to Study the Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls today will hold the fourth in a series of hearings to determine the relationship between the City of Central Falls and the Wyatt Detention Facility with the goal of reinstating payments from the detention facility to the city.
The meeting, scheduled today, Tuesday, Jan. 17, at the rise of the House and Senate sessions (around 4:30 p.m.) in Room 310 on the third floor of the State House, will include testimony from Gayle Corrigan, chief of staff to the city receiver; Richard Kirby, Central Falls city solicitor; and Steve Hartford, chairman of the board for the Wyatt Detention Facility.
The commission was created last year to conduct a comprehensive study of the Wyatt Detention Facility and its operations and finances and to offer recommendations to the House and Senate. The non-payment of annual impact fees by the Wyatt facility to Central Falls has been a main focus of the commission.
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