Wyatt operator files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

By: Philip Eil

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: July 13, 2026

Words: 1,488

Last Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago

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Rhode Island’s only municipal corporation-operated detention facility filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in Providence federal bankruptcy court Friday, in hopes of resolving long-running disputes with bondholders and its host city.

In federal court filings, the Central Falls Detention Facility Corporation, the governing body of the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility, presented a plan that would clear a path for its continued operation: Bondholders who underwrote the Wyatt’s mid-2000s expansion would waive more than …

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