Other newspapers have uncovered disgraceful homeless shelters

   Bob Kerr rather hastily suggested that " Ragged Dave's " critique of a Cranston homeless shelter  lacked the Gold standard of credibility. Well, of course, there is his neurotic personality and his long experience of privileged life in the American upper class. But I just ran a Google check on deplorable conditions in homeless shelters elsewhere in this country. There are numerous horror stories - why should Rhode Island be an exception ?  Headline : " D.C. homeless shelter is a stain on the city "  - The Washington Post .

                        " Imagine if the families housed at D.C General were middle class and had been made homeless by some natural disaster. Officials would not lecture them on how they might be worse off elsewhere. More important , they would figure out a way to fix the problem , and fast "  ( Post editorial Board, July 15, 2014 )