Rhode Island DOC – Gloria McDonald Women’s Medium

Rhode Island DOC – Gloria McDonald Women’s Medium basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 401-462-2366

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at Rhode Island DOC – Gloria McDonald Women’s Medium located at 40 Howard Ave
PO Box 8312 in Cranston, RI are placed according to their custody level (determined by a number of factors including the past criminal history and the length of their sentence). There are ample educational and vocational training programs for all inmates, especially ones that show a willingness to learn new things that will prepare them for a better life when they are released. The mission is to promote and prepare the offender to leave in better shape than when they arrived, giving them the best chance to never come back and thus lower the state's recidivism rate.

Gloria McDonald Women's Pretrial & Medium Security – Visitation

Gloria McDonald Women's Facilities (English) – Guide for Friends and Families of Incarcerated Women

Gloria McDonald Women's Facilities (Spanish) – Guide for Friends and Families of Incarcerated Women

The Women's Facilities (WOM) house four categories of female offenders (Awaiting Trial, Minimum, Medium and Work Release) in two separate buildings. The new GM building opened in December of 2010, and the Minimum Security and Work Release inmates are now housed in the Bernadette Building.

Click here to access the visiting schedule for women's.

Click here to see a brochure on the Women's Facilities.

The Rhode Island Department of Corrections' Women's Facilities are dedicated to the protection of society by providing appropriate, safe, and humane control of female offenders and women awaiting trial and also by encouraging and assisting women, through treatment and educational programs, to become productive and law-abiding members of the community. They are dedicated to promoting the health and well-being of inmates and staff and encouraging positive interactions between staff and offenders. They respect the unique social, cultural, and gender-specific needs of female offenders and address those needs with opportunities to treat them.

Available Programs

• Academic
  Adult Basic Education (ABE), General Education Development (GED), College, Computer Literacy
• Vocational
  Job Preparation, Counseling, Assessment
• Treatment/Rehabilitative
  Substance Abuse Treatment, Domestic Violence Counseling, Victims of Sexual Violence Abuse, Project GROW, Discharge Planning, AIDS Education and Counseling, Lifeliners, Parenting Education, Extended Visits, Religious Services, Creative Writing Workshop, Therapeutic Community for Substance Abusers

visitation Info

Visiting hours for PRISON_NAME. For Directions call PRISON_PHONE

Sunday 8:00 am – 3:00 pm
Monday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Tuesday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Wednesday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Thursday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Friday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Saturday 8:00 am – 3:00 pm
Federal Holidays 8:00 am – 3:00 pm

No cellphones, you will be searched before visiting. NO personal belongings. Persons under probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally approved. 

If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate's extended family. If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.