A close friend of mine while homeless- whose Aunt Gracie left a legacy to Brown Medical School- spent a night at this Harrington Hall. It reminded him of a 19th century tuberculosis ward - with the coughing and the stench and the filth. UNFIT FOR HUMAN BEINGS !
I reported his experience to the Rhode Island Public Health Dept. but they never responded or cared to " investigate " ( a public health hazard ! ). Providence Journal columnist Bob Kerr interviewed my homeless-once rich- friend in Dunkin Donuts in Cranston for a hour . But Bob said my homeless friend's story would not " resonate " with his readers.
Even sex offenders need a decent place to live . What help can they get at Harrington Hall ?
In Rhode Island the homeless have a right to beg in the middle of a busy street. But what they should have is a right to a real HOME .
Aunt Gracie , I read in "Brown Medicine ", was very interested in brain research.
[ Momentum - Brown Medicine Magazine - A magazine for alumni ... brownmedicinemagazine.org › Spring 2014
A new professorship in neuroscience honors a legacy ... The bequest of Grace Kennison Alpert '51 to establish the Samuel I. Kennison, MD, and ... RES'94, chair of Alpert Medical School's Department of Neurology, can fulfill that promise. ]
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