For the first time in five years, the corporation that oversees the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility has made a payment to the city of Central Falls.
The reasons for the $250,000 payment to the city for hosting the 770-bed quasi-private facility that serves as Rhode Island’s only Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center were not immediately clear.
Central Falls City Solicitor Matt Jerzyk on Thursday confirmed the April 10 payment, which appears to be the largest impact fee paid by the Central Falls Detention Facility Corporation to the city since 2008. In that year, the city received a total of $550,000 from the corporation…