NEW: Wyatt Board Votes to Authorize Lawyers to Continue Mediation Following Bondholders' Lawsuit

NEW: Wyatt Board Votes to Authorize Lawyers to Continue Mediation Following Bondholders' Lawsuit

The Central Falls Detention Facility Corporation voted on Wednesday to authorize its lawyers to continue mediation, after the bondholders of the Wyatt Detention Center, which the corporation oversees, filed a lawsuit to force the center into receivership.

Following the lawsuit filed earlier in April, the Wyatt Detention Center Board had voted to stay the suspension of the facility’s contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during an emergency meeting held on Sunday, April 14, meaning the Detention Center would again accept ICE detainees.

Central Falls Mayor James Diossa had said in March that the facility would no longer take ICE detainees, which prompted the legal action from the bondholders, and subsequent stay voted by the board. 

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According to Wyatt Board President Joseph Molina-Flynn, at its height the detention center had 133 ICE detainees; Molina-Flynn said Wednesday he was of the understanding there were no ICE detainees currently at Wyatt, but a recent population report produced by the center showed nine. 

The public board meeting allowed for public comment; there was no comment.