St. Mary’s Home for Children has five residential homes on their North Providence campus, which houses residents aged 6 through 18.
A children’s home in North Providence, R.I. has been under fire after a report from the state’s Office of the Child Advocate found safety concerns and negligence across its campus.
The OCA sent a 119-page report last month to St. Mary’s Home for Children and Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth, and Families, detailing instances of staff assaulting children, children assaulting and sexually assaulting other children, a lack of proper supervision, and a biker gang on the campus allegedly without state permission.
St. Mary’s Home for Children provides residential and outpatient treatment for children dealing with psychiatric problems and other forms of trauma. They have five residential homes on their North Providence campus, which houses residents aged 6 through 18. The OCA is an independent oversight agency.
The investigation was launched after the OCA were made aware of a 17-year-old who had overdosed and was found unconscious in a bathroom at the home in April of last year. The teen was revived with two doses of Narcan, the report said.