Hummel Report Archive for November 2009

The Lights Are On But Nobody's Home 11.5.2009

Six years ago, Rhode Island Corrections Director A.T. Wall pitched an idea to lawmakers: Why not build a new cutting-edge `reintegration center ‘ for problem inmates on the verge of being paroled? His plan was to put nearly 200 inmates together in a renovated building on prison grounds.
Now, five years after construction began and $17.5 million later, the building is still vacant – although it’s well-lit and heated -day and night. So what happened? Jim Hummel gets the answers in this week’s Hummel Report investigation.

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Welcome to Providence... . Watch your step! 11.12.2009

It is a place thousands of visitors pass through every year – the Providence Amtrak station. So why are the nearby sidewalks crumbling and the majority of municipal lights burned out on one side of the station, while other bulbs shine brightly in broad daylight? It’s a question one man has been trying to get answered– unsuccessfully – for nearly 15 years.

This week, Jim Hummel goes to City Hall with a few questions of his own. Find out the he gets in his latest Hummel Report investigation.

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A Diamond in the Rough 11.18.2009

With the holidays right around the corner we take a brief break from government waste and corruption to profile an inner-city organization that is helping to change lives every day. It started out 33 years ago as a soup kitchen for the homeless, but over the last decade has evolved into a multi-million dollar operation that trains hundreds - and serves thousands
- every year. Jim Hummel goes to South Providence for an inside look at Amos House.

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