‘A horrible, horrible thing.’ N.H. man’s detention at Wyatt reminds us why facility must close

Protestors gather to demand freedom and due process for Fabian Schmidt — a German-born New Hampshire man being held at the Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Left foreground, Zack Mezera of Working Families Party speaks to the crowd with Fr. Jarrett Kerbel of Saint Luke’s in East Greenwich at bottom right. (Photo by Michael Salerno/Rhode Island Current)

Imagine being detained for days in a federal prison facility without knowing why.

That’s what is happening to Fabian Schmidt. And it’s happening in Rhode Island…

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