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The Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility is a publicly owned, privately operated prison in Rhode Island, opened in 1993 and operated by the non-profit Central Falls Detention Facility Corporation.〔 〕 It is the corporation's only facility. == Origins == The facility was the very first privately run prison in the United States.〔 〕 The prison was built in the town of Central Falls, which contributed funds towards its construction.〔 The prison was hoped to generate employment to replace industrial jobs from closed textile mills, although very few to no people from around the area are employed at the facility. Most inmates were non-Americans suspected of immigration offenses, who faced deportation, not criminal charges. Employment Turnover rate- The Donald W.Wyatt Detention Facility has the highest turn over rate within the Rhode Island law enforcement agencies. The turn over rate is due to the lack of pay of 15.25 an hour, poor administration, hazing of others from one to another, favoritism and the involuntary overtime that officers work of 72-80 hours a week. 〔 〕 Up until 2007 the prison was operated by Cornell Corrections.〔http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/SpecialReports/Wyatt%20Report%20-%20final.pdf〕 == Death of Hiu Lui Ng == The facility stirred controversy in April 2009 following the death of a prisoner, when the chairman of the corporation that runs the prison, defended the prison with a comparison with the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.〔 Hiu Lui "Jason" Ng an immigrant from China was the captive who died.〔 Although the official cause of his death was cancer, he was also reported to have been abused in captivity. The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency withdrew its remaining 153 prisoners from the facility in mid-December 2008, following an inquiry into his death.〔 The inquiry found that the prison authorities withheld his anti-cancer medication when he was too ill to crawl to his cell door to receive them, and that prison guards dragged him down the hallways, even though the prison doctors' opinion was that due to his fragile health he should be transported using a wheelchair. The town's mayor, Charles Moreau, fired the corporation's chairman Charles Cooney for the comment, ''"Frankly, I’m looking at it like I’m running a Motel 6. I don’t care if it’s Guantanamo Bay. We want to fill the beds."'' The prison continues to house inmates of the United States Marshal Service and of the United States Navy's General Court-Martial Convening Authority (GCMC).〔http://216.119.73.58/index.cfm?pg=20&pgtitle=History〕 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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