Crime & Safety
Report: Correctional Officers Hospitalized In Hazmat Situation
Emergency crews responded to a reported Hazmat situation at the ACI Intake Center in Cranston.

CRANSTON, R.I. -- Updated 10:07 p.m.: Two ACI Correctional Officers were taken to the hospital Wednesday night following reports of a Hazmat situation at the prison.
WPRI reports that according to the head of the correctional officers' union, the lockdown was caused by a bag of unidentified white powder. The two officers were hospitalized out of an abundance of caution.
Reports of the situation came in around 6:30 p.m.
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