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Kent County Jail

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Kent County Jail is a county jail located in Kent County, Rhode Island. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.

Capacity

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

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Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

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Region

Rhode Island

Security level

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Death-row facility

No

Conditions

The Kent County Jail utilized high-intensity ultraviolet light robots in booking rooms as a measure to fight the coronavirus, indicating the adoption of specific sanitation technologies during the pandemic.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.

Known issues

The facility employed ultraviolet light machines in booking areas to combat coronavirus transmission in May 2020.

Contact & address

222 Quaker Lane, Warwick 02886

No public contact details available.

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

5/100
Low concern5/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
0/30
Structural flags
5/15
Death signals
0/15
Conditions text
0/10

What the score is responding to:

  • · Substantial documented known-issues record

This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.

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Reports

  • marshall-project13 May 2020

    buying ultraviolet light machines traditionally used by hospitals. Filed 6:00 a.m. EDT 05.13.2020 A robot emits high-intensity ultraviolet light in a booking room at the Kent County Jail in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Larry Perez/Skytron A robot emits high-intensity ultraviolet light in a booking room at the Kent County Jail in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Larry Perez/Skytron At the Dane County Jail in Mad

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Data completeness

56%

How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.

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@misc{worldprisons-kent-county-jail,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Kent County Jail},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/kent-county-jail},
  urldate = {2026-10-26}
}