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Around the Nation   Corrections Department isn't stealing inmates' cash, Pa. court rules PennLive.com furniture and seeds for the prison's greenhouse. Colins found the corrections department is immune from Paluch's suit. In any case, the     Students run exercise clinic in North Dakota penitentiary The Billings Gazette for inmates' back, hip and neck pain without resorting to narcotics or opiates, said Hagan, adding that physical therapy stood out — and a     New program at jail aims to help mentally ill inmates HeraldNet.com them landing behind jail bars. Officials at the jail in Everett and with the state’s Office of Forensic Mental Health Services said Monday     Editorial: Change to "three-strikes" law serves Virginia PilotOnline.com doubt on the fairness of the legal process. According to the Department of Corrections, about 262 inmates fall under the provisions of the     Within a year, state’s four prisons get new wardens Delaware State News , Mr. Pierce was moved to the Bureau of Community Corrections. Mr. Pierce, now joined in that department by Ms. Caple, continues to receive     Editorial: Virginia proves that "Department of Corrections" is no oxymoron Richmond Times-Dispatch most important tasks well. Not every department of corrections around the country does any actual correction. We’re glad to see Virginia’s     Douglas County Jail looks at modular units to deal with overcrowding Topeka Capital-Journal on ideas for expansion. That space is the minimum the American Correctional Association requires for a single-bunk cell. Bunting said     West Virginia's Maximum Security Prison Has Staffing Shortage WOWK-TV     Inmates who held guards hostage treated, returned to prison Tucson.com after being treated for non-life-threatening injuries. The Department of Correction said Monday the guards at the Maximum Security Unit in     State may demand death reports from jails, prisons The Gillette News Record     Virginia tops country for second straight year in recidivism rate The News Virginian some Corrections staff are sent overseas. A Corrections team has visited Morocco. Even prior to the agreement, the Department of Corrections

 

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Around the Nation   Longest-Serving US State Prisons Chief to Retire Next Year US News & World Report is planning to retire. The governor's office on Tuesday said Department of Corrections Director A.T. Wall will retire in early 2018. Wall

Ex-state corrections department medical director calls sexual harassment allegations false, defamatory The Advocate for the Department of Public Safety and Corrections until his termination earlier this month, is seeking damages from the department, DPSC

Ex-corrections medical director sues over harassment claims NOLA.com him factually and legally innocent of sexual harassment. Corrections department spokesman Ken Pastorick told The Associated Press on

Kennedy: 'Zero confidence' in Louisiana corrections agency Shreveporttimes list of links to news articles alleging nepotism and theft in the corrections department. The list cited a legislative auditor's report that

AL Prisons Back In Court Over Mental Health Alabama Public Radio they need even more than that.” Corrections officials have argued in the past that the department doesn’t receive enough state funding to

Nebraska prison officials won't identify supplier of latest lethal injection drugs Omaha.com Dawn-Renee Smith, communications director for the Corrections Department. The department has turned over similar documents in past years.

New warden has high hopes for Montana Women's Prison in Billings KPAX.com has worked for the Montana Department of Corrections since 2009, spending nearly five years at the Montana Women’s Prison before moving over

Douglas County Commission to consider changing oversight of probation program; review jail expansion plans Lawrence Journal-World Mike Gaughan said the starting point for the new jail design was a future jail population study conducted by criminal justice consultant

Governor: No imminent change to private prisons expected Herald Online . Haslam told reporters Monday he'll meet with Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Tony Parker about the state comptroller's

 

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Around the Nation   Kansas wants private prison giant to build new state lockup AP (Hosted) Nashville-based CoreCivic for 20 years. The state Department of Corrections announced Thursday that it selected CoreCivic as its contractor

Oklahoma Department of Corrections asks for $1 billion more for next year Tulsa World OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Department of Corrections said it will ask lawmakers next year for an additional $1 billion, most of it to

Milwaukee County officials hope to open juvenile rehabilitation center on Milwaukee's Northside CBS 58 News the needs for security are different.” The old facility won’t be locked down, but there will be half a million dollars’ worth of security

Denver sheriff will work on restoring in-person visitation for jail inmates Denverite.com in-person visitation is not considered best practice by the American Correctional Association, which says technology should supplement, not

Chronic understaffing grows worse at Alabama's Tutwiler Prison AL.com . U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson is holding hearings on the Alabama Department of Corrections' plan to increase staffing in response to

Michigan Legislature Votes To Let Department Of Corrections Hire Felons CBS Detroit department. An extensive background check and written approval from the department director would be required. The Corrections Department

Are faulty radios making prisons more dangerous? N.C. officials respond. The Charlotte Observer technology and individual devices to enhance the safety and security of prison and Correction Enterprises staff, prison facilities and plant

AL Prisons Back In Court Over Mental Health Alabama Public Radio they need even more than that.” Corrections officials have argued in the past that the department doesn’t receive enough state funding to

 

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Around the Nation   ACLU of Nebraska files lawsuit to force state to identify supplier of lethal injection drugs Omaha.com

Report: Nebraska jails profiting from high phone call fees The Washington Times counties. Brad Johnson is the director of the Lancaster County Department of Corrections. He says the fees aren’t unreasonable and help

Congress must stop private prisons from receiving tax breaks The Hill - Blogs wealthiest private prison corporations, Geo Group and CoreCivic, have paid less in taxes by taking advantage of an Internal Revenue Service

Editorial: Still an issue: mental health funding in Virginia PilotOnline.com , at the Hampton Roads Regional Jail. As a result, jailhouse deaths will now be investigated by the Board of Corrections. Despite these

Reentry for juvenile lifers remains difficult The Philadelphia Tribune be released,” said Department of Corrections (DOC) Press Secretary Amy Wordman. “As soon as it happened, the department mobilized as quickly

Details of $300 million proposal to replace 150-year-old Lansing jail revealed Fox4KC.com . Layout controls the movement of inmate population. The corrections department also said a moderate prison would allow them to operate the

Kansas plan for new prison draws criticism from lawmakers Record-Eagle harder to manage than a modern housing pod. Corrections Secretary Joe Norwood told the legislative building committee that a lease-purchase

ADOC faces challenges to improving mental health staffing Montgomery Advertiser more corrections officers, Lunsford asked Dunn what the hiring challenges would be. "It presents significant challenges to the department,

At an N.J. prison, a job fair offers inmates a chance NorthJersey.com centers. But job fairs at prisons are a rarity. The state Department of Corrections says it tried to stage a job fair at a prison a decade

Under cloud of controversy, prisons chief stands by 'deal' made in harassment case WBRZ-TV defended what he said by highlighting a policy that allows the Department of Corrections to get a resignation without proceeding with an

Editorial: Kennedy ought to focus on Senate duties The Advertiser Give Kennedy this much: The Corrections Department has had its share of problems. But this act gives the department a chance at providing

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Around the Nation   Corrections Director: Billion Plus Budget Request is No Joke Public Radio Tulsa two new medium security prisons. Another $10-million would go to across the board pay raises for the staff. Many corrections staffers now

Oklahoma corrections budget request sends clear message NewsOK through her windshield. Today, the head of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections is asking the Legislature for an additional $1 billion

Tulsa World editorial: The state’s expensive justice tastes are coming due in outrageous corrections costs Tulsa World 1.53 billion, including $813 million for two new medium-security prisons. Other funding needs include $107 million in repairs to antiquated

FCC Commissioner says prisons need to control cell phone access, not jam signals South Carolina Radio Network . “This is a very real public safety threat,” Department of Corrections Director Bryan Sterling told South Carolina Radio Network.. Some

Legislators discuss ongoing issues of recruiting, retaining correctional officers The Register-Herald to staff in those facilities.” For 2016, 448 correctional officers left the Division of Corrections. More than 75 percent left within their

Kentucky’s prison population expected to grow by 19%, cost additional $600 million in next decade NKyTribune and 2015 Through an in-depth analysis of data from the Department of Corrections, the Work Group found that admissions to prison grew 32

Prison officials report drug confiscations at two separate facilities | New Hampshire NewHampshire.com confiscated drugs at two state correctional facilities over the last two weeks. State Department of Corrections spokesman Jeffrey Lyons

Editorial: Don't wait for state on justice reforms Gainesville.com as an alternative to jail, diversion programs such as drug and mental health courts, and issuing civil citations to juvenile offenders. But

Lawmakers question prison occupancy rates Decatur Daily.com MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Department of Corrections' prison capacity rate of 160 percent drops to 85 percent for its major prisons when

Despite critical reforms, S.C. prisons remain dangerous The Post and Courier — by other prisoners, up from 50 in 2014, according to the Department of Corrections. And that doesn’t include those patched up in prison

Criticism of Kansas prison plan reflects lawmakers’ distrust Lawrence Journal-World build a new state prison reflects bipartisan mistrust of the Department of Corrections and doubts that it seriously considered a potentially

Douglas County, La Vista-based company defend jail phone call fees Omaha.com the Douglas County Department of Corrections said that the main reason it led the state is because it is the largest correctional facility

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Around the Nation   Re-entry program helps inmate fight anger issues MSN.com , Sylvester was staring at four years at Richwood Correctional Center. He wrote to Lafayette Correctional Center and asked for admission to

Paulding County Jail earning praise The Crescent-News jail opened, 342 inmates (262 males and 80 females) have been booked into the jail, serving a total of 3,836 days as of Tuesday. The jail

DOC Cancels Halfway House Contract Public Radio Tulsa The head of Oklahoma's prison system says his decision to end a contract with a halfway house after lax oversight led to an inmate's death

2 inmates escape from Alabama prison TuscaloosaNews.com say two inmates have escaped from an Alabama prison. The Department of Corrections says Ronald King and Antwone Wilson escaped from the

SJC to hear arguments on dog searches of state prison visitors MassLive.com of Massachusetts and Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services. The plaintiffs argue the Department of Correction circumvented the policies

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Around the Nation   Three-year prison sentence for ex-corrections officer who smuggled contraband Delawareonline.com at the state Department of Correction for 20 years, was arrested last year along with Paul Hursey, a fellow Vaughn corrections officers.

AG: Don't close troubled youth prison without alternative HeraldCourier.com climbed onto the prison's roof and started throwing shingles and pieces of metal at guards. Walker has refused to visit the prison, saying

Montana officials have a month to address jail crowding — or they'll lose $2M MTStandard.com The Montana Department of Corrections has about a month to get 60 to 70 people out of county jails, or it loses $2 million. “We’re sure

Inmate sues prison officials, alleges broken ventilation system forced him to breathe pepper spray The Billings Gazette fee. The suit names Robert Lampert, director of the Wyoming Department of Corrections, Michael Pacheco, head warden, and Jeffrey Heier, the

Brazos County Sheriff's Office looking to add a veteran's only dorm to jail KBTX a natural fit for us," said Wayne Dicky, the Jail Administrator. The new inmate dorm would allow veterans to eat, sleep and live together.

Lawsuit: Extreme isolation at Georgia prison amounts to ‘torture’ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution filed on behalf of all the SMU prisoners. The Department of Corrections declined to comment on pending litigation. Charges expunged;

Former prison warden calls escapes "unacceptable" WALB.com confirmed by Alabama's Department of Corrections (ADOC). WBRC first reported the escapes at St. Clair Correctional and the resulting manhunt

He was raised in juvenile hall. Now he's reaching out to kids behind bars MSN.com been the same since." HELPING IN JUVENILE HALL Mike Elliott, director of the Fresno County juvenile detention facility, says Climer helps

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Around the Nation   Flawed sentences prompt attorneys, courts to consider parole for some Arizona murderers The Arizona Republic weeks after the series was published, the Department of Corrections published an updated department order on its “Inmate Eligibility System.

Jail inspection deficiencies are being corrected, jail administrator reports The Pilot-Independent - Walker A new Department of Corrections jail inspector handled the September 2017 Cass County Jail inspection, Jail Administrator/Deputy Chris

Green Bay Correctional flooded with donations to knit hats for kids, veterans WXOW News 19 to make a donation, the Department of Corrections provided this address: Green Bay Correctional Institution Attn: MU Program Supervisor

Editorial: We need to stop cramming people into our prisons Topeka Capital-Journal a statewide discussion about major staff shortages at the Kansas Department of Corrections — a problem that has been exacerbated by our high

Louisiana DOC Secretary says prison reform is a success so far Baton Rouge LA Le Blanc said. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections welcomed 23 new probation and parole officers into the department Wednesday.

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m. Saturday at the Rex Thompson Minimum Security Unit. Online Department of Corrections' records indicate Henderson was serving 40 years in

How lifers in Alaska prisons can help rehabilitate convicts who will get out Anchorage Daily News crimes could help rehabilitate other inmates and save money for the Department of Corrections. The suggestion comes from lifers themselves,

126 Nevada inmates bound for California to fight fires Reno Gazette-Journal to help fight a series of raging wildfires. Nevada Department of Corrections Director James Dzurenda says the camp officers and inmate

Missouri prison program recognized for veteran rehab Star-Telegram.com for mental health assistance. Fifty one of 66 available beds in the program are now filled. "The way that you would treat mental health

States to try new ways of executing prisoners. Their latest idea? Opioids. MSN.com and it was delivered," Brooke Keast, a spokeswoman for the Nevada Department of Corrections, said in an email. "Nothing out of the ordinary

Federal takeover feared for underfunded corrections system The Norman Transcript if conditions worsen, the federal government could intervene. The Department of Corrections last fell under federal control in the late ‘

Editorial, 12/10: Fairness needed for inmate phone calls JournalStar.com a model that has worked, either: They have on in the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services. The state prison system charges $1.50 for

Alabama prison escapee captured in Florida after 5 days on the run AL.com took Antwone Wilson into custody about 1 a.m., said Alabama Department of Corrections spokesman Bob Horton. The 27-year-old fugitive was

Commission could solicit bids The Norman Transcript that taxpayers already fund. For instance, Jones said the Department of Corrections paid an outside auditing company nearly $900,000 to

Oregon State Agency Stops Sending Youth To Dalles Corrections Facility Northwest Public Radio 54 A second jurisdiction announced it’ll no longer send children to a juvenile detention facility in The Dalles. The Oregon Youth Authority

Idaho, facing crowded prisons, to send inmates out of state Laredo Morning Times

State considers former jail for possible youth detention PostStar.com representatives of the state Office of Child & Family Services and Commission of Correction did not rule out using parts of the former jail,

Mississippi secures $1.3 million additional settlement funds in prison bribery case Legal News Line ” as conduits to bribe the former commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), Chris Epps, into awarding them MDOC

Janes: How Gov. Scott Walker can reform Wisconsin's youth prisons Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on solitary confinement — and we saw rates of violence decline significantly. Between 2014 and 2015, we reduced solitary confinement 88.6%.

Commissioners want oversight panel to run youth jail The Olympian to the juvenile jail and interviews with 23 youth. She found the facility often shut youth in cells for hours at a time, and jail staff

Judge meets with attorneys in prison riot prosecution HeraldCourier.com

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Around the Nation   ACLU: Tennessee lawmakers must hold officials' 'feet to the fire' on private prisons The Tennessean

Prison is no place for those suffering from substance use disorders The Boston Globe from the Department of Correction to the Executive Office of Health and Human Services.” “This is not a department of corrections

Ohio adult, youth prison agencies merging office functions The Charlotte Observer to a single headquarters in Columbus. The Department of Rehabilitation and Correction and the Department of Youth Services asked a state

State 'turned blind eye' to sexual harassment at women's prison, lawsuit charges South Jersey - NJ.com

King County considering ban on solitary confinement for youth Kuow makes some straight-forward suggestions, like using intervention instead of jail for offenses such as property crimes. But some of the

Incarcerated parents to see termination of child support obligations The Bismarck Tribune family,” said Leann Bertsch, director of the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. “This law helps to reduce a major

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Around the Nation   Alaska jails want to cut restrictions on furloughs Fairbanks Daily News-Miner are granted at the discretion of a Department of Corrections regional director. Department spokeswoman Megan Edge described the furlough

New Set Of Bills Aims To Curb Prison Overcrowding In Wisconsin Wisconsin Public Radio , have engaged in." One bill calls for allowing the Department of Corrections to incarcerate people for shorter periods of time if they

Commissioners OK new positions for sheriff, jail ABQJournal Online told commissioners. The new positions at MDC consist of six security service aides, two inmate discipline coordinators and one quality

Tennessee prisons chief vows more private prison accountability MSN.com that mainly focused on Trousdale Turner Correctional Center's staffing woes, including a shortage of correctional officers. The audit last

Tennessee Lawmakers Give Correction Department A Short Leash To Fix Troubled Private Prisons Nashville Public Radio have publicly called out conditions inside prisons like Trousdale Turner Correctional Center in Hartsville. The allegations came shortly

DOC director worried about inmate count at private Montana prison NBC Montana Correctional Center in Shelby. Both sides are hammering out things like contract length and pay, but the Department of Corrections director

Nevada and Nebraska executioners are turning to fentanyl NBCNEWS.com for thousands of deaths is one of the drugs that the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services intends to inject into the veins of Jose

NYC union leader furious after Colin Kaepernick visits Rikers Island inmates The Washington Times with inmates on Department of Correction Commissioner Cynthia Brann. “At a time when jail violence is soaring and assaults on Correction

North Dakota to reduce debt of incarcerated parents McClatchy DC an income outside of a correctional facility. Leann Bertsch, director of the state's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, said the

Judge: Inmate air conditioning lawsuit can proceed Argus Leader facilities until the end of summer. The South Dakota Department of Corrections sought to dismiss Brakeall’s lawsuit, which also included

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Around the Nation   Group heads to court to fight state prison officials' decision to withhold records identifying execution drug supplier Omaha.com Department of Correctional Services to release government records associated with the supplier of lethal injection drugs. Corrections

The Painful Lessons of a Corrections Crisis The Crime Report could occur? That was the situation which confronted the Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC) when authorities learned a software

Inmates are part of an army of firefighters battling a 'monster' that just keeps growing The San Diego Union-Tribune mental evaluations ahead of training, according to the California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation. Many types of offenders, such

Alabama Department of Corrections’ choice for major contract sued in Mississippi Decatur Daily.com conduits to pay bribes and kickbacks to then-Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps for the awarding and retention of

Life Skills Center to expand Star Courier 59 inmates as of April. “The things Warden (Anthony) Williams is doing there are revolutionizing the correctional system,” he said. “We’ve

'Just hang up on them': Beware of Alabama prisoners making scam calls with cellphones, cop says AL.com for these scams," the sheriff said in a statement. The Alabama Department of Corrections did not return a call from AL.com seeking comment

Gov. Edwards establishes criminal justice reform oversight council Baton Rouge LA cost-effective and evidenced-based reforms, working with the Department of Corrections and stakeholders, as well as advising the best use of

Conditions at Portage prison much improved, officials report Portage Daily Register - WiscNews.com plans for a 24-hour health care facility, replacing the current health care unit in the prison’s administration building. In addition to

Dept. of Correction says water safe to drink after video shows reddish-brown water at Tucker Unit Thv11.com state standards and pass monthly safety tests by the Department of Correction and annual safety tests by the Arkansas Department of Health,"

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Around the Nation   $7.5 Million Settlement in Prison Disturbance Settlement Delmarva Public Radio

Wisconsin Democrat: Time for Prison Reform Is Now Public News Service for one year, according to the state Department of Corrections, is close to $30,000. Wisconsin's adult prison system is designed to house

A Mother's Voice: SC women inmates gets to read to their kids WCNC.com Camille Graham Correctional Institution call it an honor and a privilege. A group of inmates was chosen by the Department of Corrections to

Audit: New El Paso County jail health care provider falling short of expectations Colorado Springs Gazette with the NCCHC and other agencies, including the American Correctional Association, that regularly monitor the performance of its medical

N.J. inmates need cell phones -- but not their own | Editorial NJ.com prisoners easy access to web-based mischief. The state Department of Corrections should start this conversion by giving up any effort to

Company picked for Alabama prison care sued in Mississippi AL.com years in prison in May in a bribery scheme. The Alabama Department of Corrections said it was aware of the allegations in the lawsuit and

Our View: It’s time to close Maine’s youth prison Central Maine there because of untreated mental health needs. According to a state Department of Corrections report, more than 75 percent of the youth at

Feds: Punish Mich. Dept. of Corrections for destroying women's prison records WZZM 13

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Around the Nation   Medicaid for inmates considered by county The Star Press $1.8 million for an inmate's six-month stay in the hospital. Dudley argued that the patient was only an inmate, and thus taxpayers would pay

Doctor: State has failed to improve conditions for mentally ill inmates The Cherokee Ledger News for 11,000 mentally ill inmates argued Monday that the Illinois Department of Corrections has failed to meet terms of a 2016 settlement

Oklahoma County jail officials refuse to release records on jail deaths NewsOK jail inmate, Trenton Cole, 62, died at a hospital after being transported from the jail for medical reasons. Cole was the 12th county jail

GUEST EDITORIAL: DOC blunder may cost us millions Northwest Florida Daily News , soaring rates of prison violence and inadequate rehabilitation and education programs. They are symptoms of a prison system that isn’t

Dreamers on hunger strike in DC jail to save DACA Wusa9 ” in a Monday afternoon news conference outside of the D.C. Department of Corrections. Supporters and an attorney for the group said the

State lawmakers release report with recommendations on Nebraska Department of Correctional Services WOWT released a report Monday with recommendations for the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services. The special committee consisted of of

Third Vermont Inmate Held In Pennsylvania's Camp Hill Prison Dies Vermont Public Radio held at a state prison in Pennsylvania has died. The Vermont Department of Corrections (DOC) announced 62-year-old Herbert Rodgers died

Md. college to get new building for training prison employees WJLA.com $600,000 building, with the college paying the money back over seven years. Construction is set to begin next year. The building will train

WV Steps Up Inmate Contraband Crackdown WVNStv said Secretary Jeff Sandy of the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety, which oversees all three correctional agencies. "This is

$7.5 Million Settlement in Prison Disturbance Settlement Delmarva Public Radio

Help wanted: Missouri still grappling with shortage of prison guards The Marietta Daily Journal is so dire that the Department of Corrections is busing in workers from other facilities to keep the 1,400-inmate lockup operating at safe

Wisconsin Democrat: Time for Prison Reform Is Now Public News Service for one year, according to the state Department of Corrections, is close to $30,000. Wisconsin's adult prison system is designed to house

 

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Around the Nation   IDOC official: State not meeting mental health needs Newspressnow.com in federal court Tuesday by the Illinois Department of Corrections' chief of mental health services. Dr. Melvin Hinton acknowledged that

Top legal issues that impacted corrections in 2017 CorrectionsOne

For sale: These inmates have hidden talents WILX News 10 if you can imagine it, we can build it," he said. Kentucky Correctional Industries has been in business since the 1950s, but there's a good

Price tag on Vaughn prison settlement to rise Delaware State News

A.T. Wall set to retire after nearly two decades running ACI WPRI.com R.I. Department of Corrections was also his most challenging. In 2000, the union representing the prison’s correctional officers staged a “

Wisconsin Democrat: Time For Prison Reform Is Now WXPR such as education, job creation or health care. The new state budget allocates $1 billion for corrections spending and calls for creation of

Massachusetts corrections officers want to carry concealed guns without state permit MassLive.com a concealed weapon in any state, regardless of state law. But corrections officers do not have that ability. Now, Massachusetts corrections

How forensic technology can assist data extraction from contraband phones CorrectionsOne for correctional facility leaders. The challenges include: In this photo made available by the South Carolina Department of Corrections on

EDITORIAL: Better prison oversight needed York Dispatch Department of Corrections to improve prison operations and save money. A plan is in motion to reorganize staff and add 30 more correctional

Disabled Prisoners Sue Over Santa Barbara County Jail Conditions Rewire look at jail conditions and found the facility “outdated and inefficient.” This is one reason the county is actually building a new jail

 

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Around the Nation   New jail visitation system launched - News - The Leavenworth Times - Leavenworth, KS - Leavenworth, KS The Leavenworth Times for paying inmate phone usage at the jail. There will be no fee for people who use the visitation kiosks at the Leavenworth County Jail.

Christie signs bills to help former convicts clear records, get jobs NJ.com to expunge an entire juvenile record from five years to three years. "I spent a lot of my career putting people in jail who deserved to go,

Ohio prison population again drops below 50,000 inmates The News-Herald an early age, said Gary Mohr, director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. “When we can invest more and more resources

Nation’s longest serving corrections director to retire The Washington Times it’s time to retire from his post in Rhode Island. Rhode Island Department of Corrections Director A.T. Wall says his last day on the job

Montana judge sanctions state in execution drug case Great Falls Tribune 's plans to use pentobarbital in lethal injections after the Department of Corrections was no longer able to obtain sodium pentothal, the

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Around the Nation   Being Home for Christmas via Video Visitation - Correctional News Correctional News . GTL is committed to enabling communication, which reduces the burden on inmates, their families, and corrections officers, and has a

Report: Juvenile center kept its inmates inside for months Texarkana Gazette 2.0 inside maximum-security prisons get. "I don't want to give a number, a limitation, an expectation, because they have to run their building,

Correctional facilities are no drone zones CBS 7 - Your Eye on West Texas to fly unmanned aircraft over correctional facilities. Those facilities are any buildings run by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice

New documents outline concern state officials have about private prison NBC Montana a new contract with Crossroads Correctional Center. There was also an email from the Department of Corrections director that wanted the

Lawmakers push prison sentencing reform Pinal Central said, is strictly financial: The budget this year for the state Department of Corrections alone tops $1 billion, more than 10 percent of

Time well spent: Inmates craft winter hats for people in need Argus Leader nestled in a corner room by the prison's open field area provides brief respite from the monotony of prison life. Stulken was promoted to

Judge calls Arizona prison health care system ‘corrupt’ ABQJournal Online he may appoint an outside monitor not associated with Corizon or the Department of Corrections to take over the monitoring process. ___

Head of Prisons Gets Called on the Carpet - The Tennessee Tribune The Tennessee Tribune of Tennessee’s Sunset Law against the Department of Corrections last week and gave the troubled department one year to improve conditions at

Religion behind bars: Maryland prisons hold wide range of services for holidays Carroll County Times , acting director of religious services for the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. He has has been a chaplain

Maine corrections commissioner responds to critical audit of Long Creek Portland Press Herald SOUTH PORTLAND – Maine Department of Corrections Commissioner Joseph Fitzpatrick said Thursday he doesn’t believe Long Creek Youth

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Around the Nation   Md. corrections officers save suicidal inmate’s life WTOP.com “A Signal 89-H was called — H is hanging,” said Department of Corrections Corporal Horace Stanback, who was on duty. Master Corporal John

SC Dept. of Corrections launches hiring campaign billboards in Puerto Rico WBTW-TV 100 inmates at Perry Correctional in Pelzer when an officer was beaten and held hostage in 2016. The Department of Corrections is now using

Missouri expected to spend $17 million in correctional officer overtime costs this year St. Joseph Post shrinking at the same time the inmate population tops 33,000. The department faces about 500 open correctional officer positions – raising

US Justice Department to inspect Oklahoma jail Tulsa World but had agreed to make corrections. A “compliance monitoring” tour was last conducted by the Justice Department in 2014. Depending on the

Pa. Dept. of Corrections says staffing issues provide challenges to care for mentally ill inmates WHYY.org Department of Justice investigation in 2014, the Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

Kansas agency, Tennessee firm bolster support for prison plan The Paris Post-Intelligencer largest prison there. CoreCivic, based in Nashville, would oversee construction and lease the new prison to the state for the facility’s

State must prep for prison overcrowding emergency Fremont Tribune attempted to turn the tide on chronic underfunding to the Nebraska Department of Correctional Service. He’s had some success — most notably,

The ‘Chaos’ of Arizona Prison Health Care The Crime Report

Baltimore County pilot program aims to reduce number of people in jail before trial The Baltimore Sun of supervision, conducted by the corrections department. The lowest level requires phone check-ins with a corrections employee. The second

Maine should follow other states and close youth detention center Bangor Daily News of Corrections. Maine is one of just a few states where juvenile detention and rehabilitation is overseen by the Department of Corrections.

Editorial: Another costly blunder by the DOC News-JournalOnline.com

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Around the Nation   Judge calls for hearing after KJZZ report on Arizona prison health care The Arizona Republic The Arizona Department of Corrections contracts with privately owned, correctional health care company Corizon Health to oversee all medical

N.J.'s only women's prison faces more scrutiny over sex abuse claims LehighValleyLive.com

Secret recordings cost Ga. prison hospital administrator his job The Atlanta Journal-Constitution with Georgia Correctional HealthCare, the branch of Augusta University that provides medical services for the Department of Corrections.

Oklahoma City jail improving amid record low population Alva Review-Courier

Prison Food Is Making U.S. Inmates Disproportionately Sick GovExec.com instance, a class-action suit was filed against the Oregon Department of Corrections on behalf of current and former inmates, alleging that

Alaska prisons seek reduction of drug smuggling Fairbanks Daily News-Miner in behind bars, Alaska Department of Corrections officials said. From inmate overdoses at the Hiland Mountain Correctional Center to heroin

Virginia has a new alternative to jail for troubled children: family therapy PilotOnline.com youth prisons, Beaumont Juvenile Correctional Center, which shut down in June. The General Assembly authorized the department to keep the

Louisville's largest detox program brings common bonds of pain and hope for jail inmates Courier-Journal director Ken Wright leads a group of Louisville Metro Department of Corrections inmates through a Wednesday morning meeting where addicts

Tuscaloosa Co. Detention Center working to help teens within jail walls WALB.com started offering programs that introduce them to a better way of life once they leave jail walls. “It's not lecturing them it's actual

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Around the Nation   Nashville prison loses heat, no timeline for fixing problem The Tennessean Security Institute lost hot water pressure Monday, causing the facility's boiler to stop working, said Tennessee Department of Correction

Program helps inmates find peace in prison Times-Reporter 2,489 women incarcerated at the Marysville institution, and the state corrections department said the average length of stay for them is 9.6

$econd Chance: The Economic Case For Drug Treatment Over Jails WKU Public Radio -bed jail would cost his county about $50 million and it would still likely be full in about ten years. He said because so many are in jail

Colorado wants police to try therapeutic approach with mentally ill and drug addicted offenders The Denver Post behavioral health spending. Colorado’s own studies show that nearly 40 percent of Colorado’s inmate population needs mental health services

The drug can cost $100,000. Do Minnesota inmates have a right to get it? StarTribune.com ask whether prison inmates have a right to the latest, most effective drugs even if the cost could overwhelm a state's corrections budget.

Missouri to ban smoking in prisons this year Springfield News-Leader CITY (AP) — The Missouri Department of Corrections will ban smoking in prisons this year. All of the department's facilities will be

Prop. 57 swings pendulum from 'warehousing' to early parole The San Diego Union-Tribune charges but will be sentenced at a later date. The state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has been keeping track of how many of

Programs treat opioid addiction as illness, not crime Tribune-Review patients and emphasizing community involvement during an 18-month treatment protocol focused on counseling and group therapy. The medical

New Year's Eve in prison: Counting time in years The Providence Journal might someday help someone outside prison overcome a disability. The Department of Corrections allowed Ortega and one other prisoner, 25-

Inmate behind 2015 prison break had a new escape plan Tucson.com maximum-security facility in New York. But this time David Sweat said he detailed the plan involving a makeshift tool to corrections

Law enforcement responding to incident at SC correctional facility TheState.com Carolina Department of Corrections and the State Law Enforcement Division are responding to an incident at a South Carolina correctional

How Alabama chooses who to execute on death row next AL.com is about 14 years, according to statistics from the Alabama Department of Corrections. To bring down the time frame and prevent the process

West Virginia declares state of emergency over jail staffing HeraldCourier.com applies to workers within the Division of Corrections, Regional Jail Authority and Division of Juvenile Services. According to the Justice

Deadly problem, known solution The News & Observer the latest inmate death connected to a lack of supervision, as reported by The News & Observer’s Dan Kane: A Brunswick County Jail inmate,

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Around the Nation   Trump convenes experts on prison system overhaul USA Today faith-based leaders to discuss ways of overhauling the nation's prison system with an eye toward reducing the rate of recidivism. (Jan. 11)

Trump tackles prison reform: 'We can help break this vicious cycle' Detroit Free Press conservative twist: Prison reform. The focus is on programs to help prisoners re-enter the workforce and reduce the rate of recidivism —

The electric chair could make a comeback in South Carolina The Charlotte Observer state senators Wednesday discussed making it easier for the state Corrections Department to carry out death sentences by electrocution – an

11 Months Later, Del. Officials Release Interim Report on Prison Reform NBC Philadelphia , while progress is being made, institutional and cultural change within the Department of Correction is a complex, long-term process. The

On Guantanamo’s 16th anniversary, a new court challenge could force Trump to act McClatchy DC

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New Section Title   Gov. Scott Walker now wants to close Lincoln Hills teen prison more quickly than he had proposed Green Bay Press Gazette likely increase when it becomes an adult prison, said Department of Corrections spokesman Tristan Cook. Moving quickly on Lincoln Hills

Florida strips felons of their right to vote at a higher rate than any other state The Marion Star three years of release, according to the Florida Department of Corrections. Although some Floridians have argued automatic restoration of

Scott Administration Proposes $150 Million Correctional Campus For Northwest Vermont Vermont Public Radio throughout the state that provide a wide variety of correctional and mental health services. AHS Secretary Al Gobeille says the plan is an

A cruel profit: Exploiting the vulnerable in Charlotte The Charlotte Observer how it works: GTL contracted its service with the Sheriff’s Office to provide online jail video visitation services. Once GTL installed the

Florida prisoners plan Martin Luther King Day strike over 'slavery' MSN.com statement to the Guardian and other media outlets, department of corrections communications director Michelle Glady did not address detailed

Prison officer shortage national ArkansasOnline.com state with a problem. The number of unfilled corrections officer positions at the Department of Correction has grown to more than 500, more

Editorial: Steps for a more secure Boyd jail needed quickly The Herald-Dispatch reception from Towler or the fiscal court. Meanwhile the state Department of Corrections has been inspecting the jail weekly in the past

Johnny Cash’s blues came to Folsom Prison 50 years ago today. Here’s how to celebrate The Sacramento Bee hit “Folsom Prison Blues” still resonates with current inmates at the prison. That is, of course, where Cash recorded “At Folsom Prison” for

DOC calls federal estimate of state prison population 'misleading' Tulsa World of any state from 2015 to 2016, a finding that state Department of Corrections officials said fails to account for all inmates. The federal

Oklahoma No. 2 in the nation in incarceration in 2016 KFOR.com reduce how many people that state sends to prison.” Officials with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections say the “report may be misleading

Gov. Andrew Cuomo puts brakes on program to restrict inmate packages The Saratogian prison contraband. Advertisement Department of Corrections spokesman Thomas Mailey says the program will be suspended while the department

Delaware issues interim report on prison reform The Philadelphia Tribune

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Around the Nation   Montana State Prison launches new chemical dependency program KPAX.com are getting another chance to overcome addiction. Montana Department of Corrections officials announced Tuesday that 30 inmates are the

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part of the Scott administration's plan to upgrade correctional and mental health facilities. Agency of Human Services Secretary Al Gobeille

Rauner signs law creating IDOC women's division Newspressnow.com Illinois Department of Corrections was signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Bruce Rauner, following a tour of the Logan Correctional Center in

Ducey appoints leader of Department of Juvenile Corrections Tucson News Now has appointed Jeff Hood to serve as the director of the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections. Hood has served as the agency's interim

Brownback visits antiquated Lansing prison in bid to win approval of overhaul plan Topeka Capital-Journal system. Pay raises offered corrections workers haven’t eliminated the shortage. The Department of Corrections announced in February 2017 a

Coalition protests inmate conditions in Florida prisons Tallahassee Democrat took a number of protesters into custody at the Florida Department of Corrections main Tallahassee office Tuesday afternoon. More than 50

Sangamon County increasing mental health services available to jail inmates The State Journal-Register Correctional Healthcare of Peoria for jail medical services, and the company will provide the mental health professional. The extra cost

Vt. lawmakers react to plans for new prison WCAX.com of leverage. Once they control the Corrections system they hold all the cards and then they decide what Corrections policy is," Howard said.

Florida mulls lowering correctional officers' age requirement WFTV job soon after are hired re-pay the costs. The Department of Corrections tried to ease concerns about safety and training, insisting they

Oklahoma prisons director says overcrowding crisis worsening Los Angeles Times and women are sentenced to long stretches behind bars. Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Joe Allbaugh's blunt assessment before

DOC director explains need to build two new prisons to address soaring inmate population Tulsa World

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Around the Nation   Iowa’s Department of Corrections Takes an Innovative, Evidence-Based Approach The Pew Charitable Trusts model since fiscal year 2011–12. Iowa Department of Corrections, “North Central Correctional Facility 2016 Annual Report” (2016), https://

SC prisoners could be sentenced to work instead of prison time under proposed law TheState.com from current work programs already in place at the S.C. Department of Corrections that allow inmates to work. The bill has not been formally

Mental health drugs carry a cost for county jails Republican Eagle mental or behavioral health conditions. Washington County Sheriff Dan Starry said some 60 percent of inmates in the Stillwater jail have

Record number of inmates died in Florida prisons last year. And they died younger than past years. Bradenton Herald years. Iqbal Zabrani / Dade Correctional / Murderer / Date of death: 2/15/2017 / Age at death: 66 Florida Department of Corrections

Two-time killer, not state leaders, changes smoking policy in Missouri prisons The Daily Star-Journal or correctional officers as the tobacco ban goes into effect. Prison yard views On a recent afternoon at the Jefferson City Correctional

What is $2 billion buying Kansas and Missouri in prison health care? Few people know The Kansas City Star for the Missouri Department of Corrections, said Corizon gives no annual report to the department and there’s no way for the department to

Iowa lawmakers consider banning drones over prisons Sioux City Journal

Nebraska notifies death row inmate Carey Dean Moore of drugs it plans to use in execution Starherald.com two death penalty lawsuits pending. One challenges the refusal by the Corrections Department to turn over all public records related to the

SCDC seeks to battle contraband at McCormick's prison Index-Journal being thrown over the fence at the McCormick Correctional Institution, the state Department of Corrections is taking steps toward putting a

Pickens Co Sheriff hopes partnership with Behavioral Health Services stops addiction WMBF News hurt the drug trade in Pickens County and keep people clean and out of jail. For more information on how to sign up for the trial click

State Correction Commission failed in tracking grievances, audit says Democrat and Chronicle every day by the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervisions (DOCCS), which manages all state-run correctional facilities. "

Study breaks down cost scenarios for state’s use of shuttered private prison TwinCities.com operate the facility in a way that is consistent with other Department of Corrections facilities, the report recommends a total staff of 577

State prison teams conduct top-to-bottom search of Allegheny County Jail Tribune-Review County officials had requested the help from the Department of Corrections, which sent the “Corrections Emergency Response Teams” to conduct

Audit documents Florida juvenile justice failures Bradenton Herald Auditor General. The state’s top government auditor reviewed the Department of Juvenile Justice’s oversight of contracts for 10 of 54

Peer Mentors: A Lifeline To Ex-Inmates With Mental Health, Drug Issues 90.1 FM WABE in the county jail. By the time she was tried, convicted of several drug trafficking felonies and sent to Arrendale State Prison in 2014,

Tulsa Jail's mental health pod full, but 'we're punishing people instead of helping them' Tulsa World -patient issues in jail, they should not put them in jail,” she said bitterly. “That’s basically the crux of the problem.” Jail officials

Rising overtime at Nevada prisons draws Gov. Brian Sandoval’s ire Nevada Appeal by guards to cover just one hospitalized inmate for 24 hours. Overtime within the Department of Corrections has increased more than 30

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Around the Nation   Lawsuit against Allegheny County Jail claims medical history privacy violations Pittsburgh Post-Gazette say they don't question the need for the jail to know about medical issues, because the jail has to house inmates appropriately and get them

Corrections facility gets body scanner as part of Pa.'s fight against opioids PennLive.com The changes at Wernersville Community Correctional Center were highlighted Monday by the state Department of Corrections and leaders of the

Prison directors push to end inmates use of cell phones Fox News

New tool aims to reduce jail population: 'You shouldn’t be in jail just because you’re poor' The Des Moines Register Jerry Evans, executive director of the Fifth Judicial District Department of Correctional Services. The assessment is meant to give judges

Inmate program with success in CT, MA, to be offered in SC South Carolina Radio Network

Here’s more evidence for closing Maine’s youth detention center Bangor Daily News month, Commissioner of Corrections Joseph Fitzpatrick said that the state is working on major changes to its youth mental health services,

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Around the Nation   Transgender inmate allowed to transfer to women’s prison The Washington Times PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Department of Corrections has granted a transgender inmate’s request to transfer to the state’s women’s

Koch brothers to launch pilot project to tackle prisoner reentry IndyStar

Hogan opioid plan would possibly turn closed Baltimore jail into a treatment center The Baltimore Sun in and outside of the correctional system now. Agus is also executive director of the Behavioral Health Leadership Institute, which recently

New Colorado legislation could make prisoner locations public; bring crime victims peace of mind KRDO.com , including if the Department of Corrections determines the information would put the prisoner, victim or corrections staff in danger.

Proposed Louisiana budget cuts could make it hard to house state's prison population NOLA.com a reporter about the budget cut Tuesday. Department of Public Safety and Corrections Secretary Jimmy LeBlanc said most sheriffs probably

Recovery services program to launch for formerly incarcerated people The Bismarck Tribune services through the program. The North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the state Department of Human Services

Correctional officers express concerns about pay, high turnover rate Richmond Times-Dispatch correctional officers, Clarke told legislators last week. "Recruiting and retaining correctional officers, especially at the Department of

Push Growing To Pause, Not Cancel, Medicaid For Kansans In Custody KMUW - Wichita Public Radio Sheriff Jeff Easter. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment would be notified when a patient or inmate is about to leave custody,

America’s Jails Swamped By Opioid Crisis NTD.TV a jail for long. In Montgomery County Jail, for a misdemeanor, the stay is an average of six days, while felons stay about 20 days. “Jail

Dallas needs to learn from Mississippi how to treat jail inmates. Yes, Mississippi The Dallas Morning News

 

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Around the Nation   Pennsylvania prison system unveils healthcare wing Healthcare Facilities Today The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections recently opened a new medical wing in the State Correctional Institution at Muncy, according to

Corrections official says budget cuts a 'step backwards' for criminal justice Shreveporttimes department would be at risk of losing its accreditation from the American Correctional Association, a status he described as a “cornerstone”

Prison attacks have been killing officers. Now NC is taking action to protect them. The Charlotte Observer

Inmates blossom in first garden project Folsom Telegraph of inmates. IGP at FWF is part of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Innovative Grants Program, an initiative to

Environmental programs grow a better prison system GreenBiz -Oriented and Environmentally Responsible Practices in Corrections, American Correctional Association (PDF) Prisons also can turn to

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Around the Nation   Illinois incarceration rates decline, but state may be able to do more Macomb News Now , per year, she said. Vollen-Katz said the Illinois Department of Corrections has a program called the Kewanee Life Skills Re-entry Center

Bills hope to help with Nebraska Prison System over capacity FOX Nebraska

Delaware Prison: Remains Explosive & Understaffed Delmarva Public Radio about a lack of programs and inadequate medical care. Meanwhile, the head of the state correctional officers' union says his members are

Year after riot, Delaware prison still potentially explosive Tulsa World

6 transgender inmates sue Illinois Corrections Department PostStar.com a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the Illinois Department of Corrections, alleging inadequate medical care at facilities across the state.

New York State inmates to receive tablets WIVB.com (WIVB) – The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision plans to give tablets to all inmates in state prison. “In a

Court rules Constitution does not require AC in cells of La. death row inmates WAFB.com . Then, the Attorney General's office, on behalf of the Department of Corrections, filed an appeal with the Fifth Circuit, saying the court

Unable to jam signals, prison pays cops to fight cellphones | Nation The Sentinel - Cumberlink

Three NC officials moved from jobs after fatal prison attacks and scathing federal report The News & Observer as director of Correction Enterprises, was also temporarily reassigned on Monday. Correction Enterprises, an arm of the state Department of

Indiana jail offers manufacturing program to inmates The Modesto Bee An Indiana jail has continued an inmate manufacturing training program that saw success last year. The Herald Times reports that 10 inmates

EDITORIAL: Do states owe sick prisoners a super-expensive cure? Columbia Missourian meet, would get potentially life-saving treatment. The state Department of Corrections faces a class action suit in federal court filed by

Program aims to reduce N.D. prison count The Bismarck Tribune . We can't keep building our way out of the problem," Lisa Peterson, clinical director for the North Dakota Department of Corrections and

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Around the Nation   State Removing Inmate Health Care From UConn Health CBS Connecticut care services for prison inmates from UConn Health to the Correction Department amid concerns over prisoner deaths and other problems.

In New York, All 51,000 State Prisoners Will Get Their Own Tablet Computers CBS Baltimore January 25, Department of Correction Commissioner Scott Semple said that his agency plans to introduce tablets into the correctional system

Counties sign state prison alternatives funding agreements The Akron Legal News million, Judge Corrigall Jones said. According to Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction officials, the funding amounts allocated

Allegheny County Jail wins accreditation Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Some Reforms Instituted Year After Vaughn Riot, But Staffing Remains Major Issue WBOC Tv 16 chief, Jeffrey Carrothers, is no longer with the Department of Correction. Department officials have refused to say whether Carrothers quit

Rikers Island population reduction effort gets nearly $11M investment in de Blasio’s preliminary budget Newsday had cultivated an environment of violence – both by and toward Department of Corrections officers – and corruption, resulting in the deaths

Court overturns heat-index limit on Louisiana's death row Shreveporttimes s six tiers. During an interview in 2016, state Department of Corrections Secretary Jimmy LeBlanc said installing air conditioning on death

Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice raises officer pay as turnover increases Spectrum News Austin HUNTSVILLE, Texas - The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is raising the pay for state prison correctional officers with less than eight

Source of SC lethal injection drugs may not always be a secret if bill becomes law TheState.com Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey, R-Edgefield. However, Corrections Department director Bryan Stirling told senators he didn’t oppose the

NYC to invest $6M to help break cycle of incarceration for women Metro behavioral health services, support family resilience and build a network to help women re-enter society and avoid returning to jail. This

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Around the Nation   Missouri bill addresses shackles on pregnant inmates KTVO a state correctional center or a city or county jail from using restraints on a woman in the third trimester of her pregnancy during medical

Getting formerly incarcerated people back into the workforce helps everyone The Washington Post

Known costs of prison riot top $30 million and growing Delaware State News the alleged $21.6 million “historic investment” in the Department of Correction in the wake of the February 2017 prison seige touted by Gov.

Do states owe sick prisoners a super-expensive cure? Herald & Review particularly prevalent among inmates because hepatitis C is transmitted by infected blood, and prison populations have a disproportionately

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New Section Title   Pai Calls on Carriers to Help Block Illegal Prison Cell Phone Signals Inside Towers the illegal cell phone signals inside the prison but not interfere with legitimate cell signals just outside the prison walls, such as those

Suicide attempts have more than doubled in Texas prisons San Antonio Express-News to the inmate peer education program. But Lance Lowry, a Huntsville corrections officer and former union president, said he wasn't aware of

Pa. sending prisoners out of old Graterford before new Phoenix prison is ready Philly.com to be handed over to the Department of Corrections, said Troy Thompson, spokesman for the state Department of General Services, which

Maine governor's administration proposes closing some jails Belleville News Democrat

Advocates: Allegheny County Jail strip searches impede therapy with inmates Pittsburgh Post-Gazette women in the Allegheny County Jail say a new strip-search policy threatens to derail their work and retraumatize inmates. Jail officials in

LePage makes new push to pull control of jails from counties Bangor Daily News the system. The January proposal from the Maine Department of Corrections is the Republican governor’s latest step toward overhauling

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Around the Nation   12 pads a month, no tampons: Is that enough for Arizona’s incarcerated women? The Arizona Republic the committee handles regulatory affairs and often hears legislation about the Department of Corrections. Rep. Anthony Kern, R-Glendale,

Delaware Prison Officials Ask for More Funding Delmarva Public Radio

Lawmakers calling on FCC to stop prisoners from obtaining cell phones WIVB.com

Prison chiefs head to Washington to talk cellphones with FCC Alva Review-Courier

Jobs go unfilled in Correction Department Delaware State News

Department of Correction seeks funding to overcome chronic understaffing issue Delawareonline.com

Arizona could face fines over failures in prison health care The Tribune

How much does it cost taxpayers to keep Kansas and Missouri prisoners healthy? Springfield News-Leader for the company pointed out that the National Commission on Correctional Health Care, an accreditation group, also oversees the firm’s work.

Puerto Rico Might Ship Inmates to the Mainland to Help Solve Its Budget Crisis Mother Jones ).” But Alexandrino, who has worked cases involving the island’s department of corrections for decades, is skeptical of that assurance. “I

Baltimore still needs a jail of its own The Baltimore Sun

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Around the Nation   Inmates sue over mental health services in isolation at state prison The Santa Fe New Mexican Five maximum security inmates at a state prison south of Santa Fe have filed a lawsuit accusing prison officials of warehousing people with

Nevada prison director promises major changes to cut OT Nevada Appeal Director of Corrections James Dzurenda promised lawmakers major changes to reduce or eliminate out of control overtime in the department.

Understaffed federal prisons causes potential danger WTOC.com to correctional officer ratio and admit it is unsafe for both the inmates and the staff. It goes on to recommend an immediate correction.

Federal judge orders mentally ill Alabama inmates removed from solitary AL.com its practices. "For over a year, Alabama's Department of Corrections has ignored the urgent need to protect people with serious mental

Corrections, Congress 'encouraged' by prison phones meeting Laredo Morning Times

Inmates being moved to Texas due to bed shortage in Idaho facilities East Idaho News Idaho State Correctional Institution, Idaho Maximum Security Institution, South Idaho Correctional Institution and Idaho State Correctional

As lawsuits accumulate, Utah jail inmate screening gains life-or-death focus Standard-Examiner shoddy medical care and insufficient intake screening. RELATED: Heather Miller’s jail intake sheet was blank, and jail personnel said later

Reports reveal inadequate healthcare for Macon County Jail inmates Herald & Review in developing a new corrections policy manual for the jail. $45,000 for new uniforms for Macon County Jail correctional officers. $20,000 to

Jail riot in Bakersfield involves 120 inmates and leaves four hospitalized The Sacramento Bee

FCC and prison officials met Wednesday to discuss cell phones in correctional facilities ABC News 4

Kansas Senate GOP, Democrats embrace bill limiting privatization at state prisons Topeka Capital-Journal years a new Lansing Correctional Facility. Under the contract, the Kansas Department of Corrections would retain supervision of corrections

State set to end private prison food service The Detroit News food service and called for a return to state-run prison food service. The state corrections system said that while private vendors saved

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Around the Nation   SCDC Director Stirling testifies in Washington on cell phones in prisons problem South Carolina Radio Network the US Department of Justice is taking it very seriously.” Department of Corrections (File Image: SCETV) State Department of Corrections (

Graterford inmates already being moved as delays continue at new prison next door The Morning Call

to be handed over to the Department of Corrections, said Troy Thompson, spokesman for the state Department of General Services, which

Only a Handful of Prison Inmates Get Treatment for Deadly Disease Oklahoma Watch with hepatitis C and sharply criticized the state’s corrections system for inaction. Just seven inmates out of about 20,000 with hepatitis C

Editorial: Bill against privatized prisons right move Topeka Capital-Journal privatization at state prisons and maintain the role the Kansas Department of Corrections fulfills regarding day-to-day operations of those

Florence prisons focus of failures in inmate health care Pinal Central thinks he needs. The 2012 lawsuit against the Arizona Department of Corrections alleged the state’s prisons didn’t meet basic requirements

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Around the Nation   Correctional health nurse residency is first of its kind The Dallas Examiner of its kind in the nation. The Correctional Health Nursing Residency program, offered by Parkland’s Clinical Education department, is a 12-

Federal judge asked to give voting rights to ex-prisoners Idaho Statesman

Tear gas, pepper spray use up in Texas prisons, including on suicidal inmates Houston Chronicle , an official with the University of Texas Medical Branch, which oversees mental health and medical care at most Texas prisons, estimated

For safety reasons, prison to consider separating Crews from other inmates Superior Telegram director of women's services at the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. McGillivray said that special circumstances,

W.Va. House passes bill to give pay raise to correctional officers WSAZ increase for state employees in the Division of Corrections, Division of Juvenile Services, and Regional Jail Authority. If the bill is

Arizona could face fines over failures in prison health care The Arizona Republic failed to comply during January. Andrew Wilder, a spokesman for the Department of Corrections, declined to comment on the state's filing.

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Around the Nation   Utah Jail Standards Will No Longer Remain Secret - Correctional News Correctional News the majority of jail standards moving forward, Utah sheriffs are now forming a committee with the Utah Department of Corrections to develop

Proponents argue that juvenile justice reform will reduce youth crime Alabama Political Reporter when we got the sentencing guidelines for adults with a recommendation for prison or not for prison: probation or not for probation, and the

Massive jail expansion is finished. Can the programs change the lives of inmates? The Modesto Bee when people are released. They continue with substance abuse or mental health services at the nearby daily reporting probation center at the

Rhode Island Study Shows Benefit To Medication-Assisted Addiction Treatment In Jails 90.9 WBUR , methadone and naltrexone — were offered at the Rhode Island Department of Corrections in early 2017. The inmates were also referred to

Could Kentucky resume executing inmates? New death-penalty rules proposed. Lexington Herald-Leader the Department of Corrections has proposed that, if approved, would let the state resume carrying out the death penalty. The department

Agreement Reached to Replace Rikers Island with Borough-Based Jails NBC New York -Island space for 5,000 detainees, and will include three existing Department of Correction facilities in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens, as

Citing budget uncertainty, Oklahoma Department of Corrections implements a hiring freeze Tulsa World Department of Corrections on Wednesday announced a hiring freeze. The hiring freeze would apply to all posts except for correctional

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Around the Nation   Column: State’s prison recidivism rate is improving The Detroit News victims. That is a record we are proud of at the Michigan Department of Corrections and one we aim to continue to improve on in the years

New NC prisons chief calls for stiffer penalties for inmates who attack officers The Charlotte Observer of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice. Young, 60, said he plans to ask lawmakers for legislation that would ensure additional prison

Should National Guard patrol N.C. prisons? Lawmakers urge Gov. Cooper to consider it. The Charlotte Observer

Department of Corrections launches trash, graffiti removal program The Atlanta Journal-Constitution received by the Department will begin on March 1. “For the third consecutive year, the Atlanta Department of Corrections is hosting its

Tulsa World editorial: Tulsa County Family Justice Center needs to move forward Tulsa World County voters overwhelming approved sales tax funding to build a new juvenile justice center. Squabbles over location and price finally

Oklahoma Watch: Only a handful of prisoners get treatment for deadly disease affecting 10 percent of inmates Tulsa World and genetic testing for diagnosed inmates. Outside prison walls, the medical world views hepatitis C like any other disease: Early

Florida is afraid of its prison system. Here’s what lawmakers want to do about it. Miami Herald prison system. The idea behind the package of reforms is to slow the prison revolving door by diverting non-violent drug felons from prison

N Carolina reviews policy for inmates who give birth Seattlepi.com , the National Commission on Correctional Health Care and the American Correctional Association to help develop a revised policy that "will

N.C. prisons reconsider whether to strap pregnant inmates to their beds during childbirth Winston-Salem Journal Bureau of Prisons, the National Commission on Correctional Health Care and the American Correctional Association to help develop a revised

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Around the Nation   Delaware Prisons Take Precautions Against Flu Delmarva Public Radio Wednesday morning, prison visits will be suspended for any child under the age of 16. Meanwhile, Department of Correction officials say

Tennessee death row inmates sue over lethal injection drugs HeraldCourier.com on hand, the filing states. Department of Correction spokeswoman Neysa Taylor said the department cannot comment on pending litigation. In

Prison staff used pepper spray, batons trying to stop deadly attack on cellmate The Modesto Bee ’ cellmate, according to a news release from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. When the staffers spotted two

Nevada prison change: Only 1 officer per inmate at doctor Reno Gazette-Journal correctional officer per inmate and one officer to provide "relief" as needed — in case an inmate must be moved or taken out of restraints.

The identity of Missouri's execution drug dealer, long a state secret, reportedly unmasked Springfield News-Leader opposed to a paralytic and a drug to induce heart attacks. The Department of Corrections tried to quash the lawsuit on the grounds that its

Kentucky’s prison population is exploding. Here’s what Bevin wants to do about it. Lexington Herald-Leader

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Around the Nation   As state inmates fill county jails, Idaho considers paying counties more The Cherokee Ledger News state legislature this week would raise the amount that the Idaho Department of Correction pays county jails to house state prisoners — an

Arizona prisons add tampons to list of free female products Tucson.com Arizona Department of Corrections says it will now provide free tampons as well as sanitary napkins to each female inmate in state prison.

Inmates attack corrections officers at Kentucky State Penitentiary

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Supreme Court rules against prisoner in lawyer fee case Record-Eagle

Wisconsin Assembly to vote on juvenile prison overhaul Idaho Statesman the bill would have closed the prison by mid-2020. Under the bipartisan proposal, the most serious juvenile offenders would remain under

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Around the Nation   State wants Vermont's inmates out of Camp Hill in Pennsylvania Burlington Free Press to Vermont Corrections Deputy Commissioner Mike Touchette. Vermont has a three-year contract with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

Alabama Senate approves execution by nitrogen hypoxia AL.com . Nitrogen is a naturally occurring gas in the atmosphere. An inmate allowed to breathe only nitrogen would die from deprivation of oxygen.

Lawmakers advance bill requiring annual jail death reports The Washington Times

As state inmates fill county jails, Idaho considers paying counties more The Cherokee Ledger News state legislature this week would raise the amount that the Idaho Department of Correction pays county jails to house state prisoners — an

 

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Around the Nation   Inmates and students brought together by poetry USA Today 'll be eligible for parole in 2033, according to the Michigan Department of Corrections. “I can pinpoint the exact moment in my life where

Dozens of Wyoming inmates housed in county jails due to lack of space, staffing The Billings Gazette Dozens of inmates within the Wyoming Department of Corrections live in county jails because the state’s prison system does not have the

Police: Inmates, staff injured in prison riot at Eloy correctional center The Arizona Republic

Bill seeks to restrict drone flights near Vermont correctional facilities Burlington Free Press ahead of any potential issues. "Nationally, correctional industries are concerned about security practices, and with the easy accessibility

"Arizona could face fines in lawsuit over prison health care" Quad-City Times

Short on bed space, Kansas prisons house inmates in county jails Topeka Capital-Journal in state correctional facilities. Prices for goods and phone calls were higher, they claimed. Overcrowding in the corrections department

Prison officials limit number of visitors for inmates - The Boston Globe The Boston Globe to the Department of Correction, well below the limit of five. At the state’s medium-security prisons, North Central Correctional Institute-

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Around the Nation   LA County offers to help doctors pay off medical school debt — if they work in its jails Press-Telegram in need of medical care like anyone else. Whether to help him monitor the pills he takes to manage HIV, link him to drug treatment or offer

State begins investigation of inmates who began riot at CoreCivic private prison in Eloy

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Prisons boss wants to disqualify judge from inmate care suit The Washington Times

Colorado legislature builds on state program that reintegrates parolees into the workforce KPVI News 6 Skills program was implemented in 2015. It pairs the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) with local faith and community-based

Prisoner Numbers Are Projected To Grow. Will The Dept. Of Corrections Get Extra Money? Colorado Public Radio the ones in rural areas. Trani says the high security Sterling Correctional Facility in northeast Colorado has a shortage of 90 officers --

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Around the Nation     Tucson.com • Feb 28 03:52 am     Judge to mull whether to fine Arizona in prison care lawsuit         The Columbus Telegram • JoANNE YOUNG • Feb 28 01:45 am     Inmate lawsuit on solitary confinement can proceed, court says         Wisconsin Public Radio • Shawn Johnson • Feb 27 07:42 pm     Juvenile Corrections Overhaul Leaves Key Questions Unanswered   argue has been abuse by corrections officers. The DOC has come under fire for its use of pepper spray, mechanical restraints...       The Hill • Lydia Wheeler • Feb 27 06:26 pm     White House deals blow to Grassley's criminal justice bill         The Columbus Dispatch • Marty Schladen • Feb 27 05:59 pm     Suspects in Lucasville prison-guard stabbing moved to supermax   inmates. JoEllen Smith, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, said the inmates had been taken...       The Washington Times • S. A. Miller • Feb 27 04:55 pm     Trump launches prison reform effort   reduction programs that meet their needs. • Expand access to prison work programs to allow all eligible inmates who want to...       WSPA.com • MEG KINNARD • Feb 27 02:22 pm     SC State Guard enlisted to fight prison cellphones   starting at a maximum-security prison in Columbia, with the goal of expanding to other facilities. Corrections Director Bryan...       The Post and Courier • Andrew Brown • Feb 27 12:15 pm     Gov. Henry McMaster wants S.C. State Guard members to volunteer to patrol state prison fences   past two years, more than 13,500 cell phones and phone accessories have been confiscated by the Department of Corrections....     © 2018 Meltwater. All Rights Reserved. Meltwater - 225 Bush St Suite 1000, San Francisco, California, 94104 USA

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Around the Nation   Arkansas executions uncertain as lethal injection drug set to expire The Des Moines Register they have not answered the question — including Wednesday when the Department of Correction and the governor’s office were asked about their     Stop the Cycle: Three factors that contribute to recidivism in Arkansas Thv11.com Department of Correction. He served a little more than two years of that sentence before being accepted into Arkansas Community Correction     EDITORIAL: Restore voting rights for some criminals, not all Daily Record That injustice tells us the system is much more likely to throw black defendants in prison, and as a result, the voting-rights restrictions     Suspects in Ohio CO stabbing moved to supermax facility CorrectionsOne inmates. JoEllen Smith, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, said the inmates had been taken to the

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Around the Nation   Cuomo advancing reforms to improve re-entry process for former inmates WHEC.com reforms to help people return to the community after getting out of prison. The reforms include expanding existing state laws that outlaw

NH Correctional Industries Apprenticeship Program A Success New Hampshire Patch CONCORD, NH — The New Hampshire Department of Corrections Correctional Industries Program is excited to announce its first recipients of

Pennsylvania lawmakers question DOC, parole leaders on recent merger TheCourierExpress.com were circumvented in 2017 – the governor’s move to merge the Department of Corrections with the Board of Probation and Parole. Democratic

State inmates manufacture more than 7,000 products around the state Tulsa World tagged in Oklahoma are produced at Dick Conner Correctional Center. Oklahoma Correctional Industries has prison inmates working in 10

Editorial: The metro jail: Why less is costing all of us more ABQJournal Online are other factors that have kept MDC costs up. The jail doesn’t have the corrections officers it needs to fully staff the facility, and so

Turnover at Nebraska prisons increases to 34 percent, despite state's efforts Omaha.com and the state, said Brad Johnson, director of the Lancaster County Department of Corrections. “That’s one of the places they get hurt,” he

Prisoner mentor program aims to reduce recidivism rates The Washington Times the community at some point, said Jeff Kirkman, Idaho Department of Correction program director. State lawmakers in 2014 passed the Justice

MDOC prison lowers phone call rates KSLA News 12 private prisons (East Mississippi Correctional Facility, Marshall County Correctional Facility, and Wilkinson County Correctional Facility),

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Around the Nation   California to fight ruling on early parole for sex offenders Sun Herald Judge Allen Sumner, said Vicky Waters, spokeswoman for the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The judge previously said in a

Funding for Down East prison running out as lawsuit over closure proceeds Bangor Daily News

Summit Examines Why Mentally Ill End Up in Nashville Jails NewsChannel5.com ill." Nashville is close to opening a new jail, which will include more than 60 beds in a dedicated behavioral health center. Hall said the

Federal prison workers hope 'three billboards' will stop Trump cuts The Jackson Sun WASHINGTON — If it worked for Hollywood, federal prison workers hope it works for them. Prison union officials are adopting the theme of

Governor endorses bills aimed at reducing prison population The Washington Times

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Around the Nation   Turnover at Nebraska prisons increases to 34 percent, despite state's efforts Starherald.com

and the state, said Brad Johnson, director of the Lancaster County Department of Corrections. “That’s one of the places they get hurt,” he

Judge says transgender woman inmate at all-male prison can only be strip-searched by female guards - The Boston Globe The Boston Globe C. McFarland, a lawyer for the Massachusetts Department of Correction, told Stearns the department has provided the inmate with hormone

Forcing death row inmates to the electric chair if drugs are unavailable moves forward The Post and Courier The last execution occurred in 2011, according to the S.C. Department of Corrections. For opponents, the debate was about the death penalty

Correctional Officers Receive Behavioral Health Certification State of Tennessee Behavioral Health Certification (CBHC) from the American Correctional Association (ACA). This nationally recognized certification training

Before, during, after prison: How Florida should reform criminal justice Orlando Sentinel into the criminal-justice system. The bills would require the Department of Corrections to create an assessment tool based on a wide range

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Around the Nation   Massachusetts Department of Correction settles lawsuit on treating inmates with hepatitis C MassLive.com ' rights groups over its medical treatment of prison inmates with hepatitis C. "When we sentence people to prison, we don't sentence them

Prisoners, state reach settlement agreement for treatment of hepatitis C - The Boston Globe The Boston Globe in the state, or about 10 percent of the prison population, are estimated to have hepatitis C, Shapiro said. New drugs called direct-acting

< Angola Prison Lawsuit Poses Question: What Kind Of Medical Care Do Inmates Deserve? National Public Radio from the waist down. That prison couldn't handle his medical needs, so he ended up being transferred to Angola Prison. But he says when he

Why a Columbia-area woman is teaching yoga to South Carolina's prison inmates The Post and Courier . "It's debilitating." Bryan Stirling, S.C. Department of Corrections director, said he started practicing yoga about five years ago after

Banning literature in prisons perpetuates system that ignores inmate humanity Springfield News-Leader . The Human Rights Defense Center lawsuit targets the Illinois Department of Corrections and alleges that it keeps HRDC literature out of

SC Dept. of Corrections staffing levels growing after 2016 marketing campaign ABC News 4 that the Department of Corrections is making progress filling those positions Stirling said the Department of Corrections has 100 more

N.H. corrections gets go-ahead to purchase full-body scanners Concord Monitor voted Wednesday to authorize the state’s Department of Corrections to contract with OD Security North America of South Carolina, which has

W.Va. correctional workers to get two separate pay raises WSAZ (R-Fayette) said they were pleased to hear that state corrections officers would get the five percent pay raise approved in the budget bill

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Around the Nation   More than 1,000 Locks in LA Jail are Compromised NBC Los Angeles 's Department says the cell locks became a problem as parts of the jail were used differently than originally designed. "The locks that are

Nebraska ACLU calls for DEA investigation of execution drugs Bradenton Herald Monday to the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency, saying the state Department of Corrections and the State Penitentiary appear to have violated

State officials say Nebraska obtained lethal injection drugs legally Starherald.com the people of Nebraska," Ricketts said. The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services purchased all of the drugs legally late last year,

He tried throwing footballs to inmate at SC prison. Here’s what was in them TheState.com on Department of Corrections property and attempting to furnish a prisoner with contraband, according to a release put out by the department

Prison inmates learn credit, banking, and personal finance to ease re-entry into the world of money Atlantic Broadband every prison or correctional facility in the commonwealth at least once in the past year. Her work stems from the Department of Corrections'

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Around the Nation   D.C. jail employees complain of feeling ill after a letter was opened The Washington Post the D.C. fire department. The incident occurred shortly before 11 a.m. in the mail room at the Correctional Treatment Facility in the 1900

Judge: Maine governor doesn't have power to close prison NewsTimes.com

Officials: Oklahoma to resume executions using nitrogen gas The Norman Transcript or the electric chair in executions. Joe M. Allbaugh, Oklahoma Department of Corrections director, said he’s “been in the mad hunt for

After jail death controversies, Utah sheriffs post standards online Standard-Examiner the rationale sections to be his trade secrets. The Utah Department of Corrections, which used a version of the DeLand standards for its

Prison death highlights challenges of cellmate assignments The Modesto Bee : He was stabbed, beaten and strangled, according to Idaho Department of Correction records obtained by The Associated Press. His cellmate —

Oklahoma plans to use new execution method KXLF.com is used in countries that have legalized assisted suicide. A 2010 Journal of Medical Ethics study, based on experiments performed by Swiss

Missouri Legislature moves to unshackle pregnant prisoners The Olympian through a voice vote, would ban correctional centers and jails from using restraints when a woman is receiving medical care during her third

9 Investigates: Cost of housing Florida's aging prison population WFTV less than one third of the total population, yet the Florida Department of Corrections estimates “43% all outpatient episodes for care and

Oklahoma says it's next execution will use an inert gas like nitrogen NBCNEWS.com be effective, simple to administer, easy to obtain and requires no complex medical procedures," Hunter said. But death penalty opponents are

Vermont Supreme Court Rules Inmate's Phone Fee Lawsuit Should Proceed Vermont Public Radio provided to inmates. According to plaintiff Kirk Wool, the Department of Corrections failed to use a competitive bidding process when it

"I want to go back to jail": Ex-prisoner pleads for re-arrest after housing failures CBS News , according to Gary Brix, a spokesman for the Missouri Department of Corrections. He was most recently released from prison last month, but

Lawsuit: Prison guards ordered transgender visitor to strip San Francisco Chronicle the maximum-security prison last September after a body screening machine detected an "unknown object" in her pants. Corrections department

Author of juvenile corrections overhaul: 'It's going to die' WiscNews closes the youth prison by 2021, expands the Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center and forms a committee within the Department of Corrections to

Lawsuit could force South Carolina to test inmates for Hepatitis C South Carolina Radio Network South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) to test prison inmates for Hepatitis C. Image: SC Department of Corrections According to

Door opened to hiring retirees as Nevada correctional officers Nevada Appeal , that the actual construction would be in the range of $300,000. Finally, the board approved expansion of the state contract with Medical

House passes $80 million increase for prisons, employees' pay raise AL.com million increase for next year, up to $472 million. The Department of Corrections budget is the second largest line item in the General Fund

Prison monitor says she warned about gang influence WTOK.com

Suit: SC failure to test inmates for hepatitis C is ‘cruel ABC Columbia South Carolina Department of Corrections of violating inmates’ rights by not testing them for hepatitis C. The Corrections Department says

San Francisco Sheriff: ‘We Made A Mistake’ After ICE Agents Allowed Inside Jail CBS San Francisco

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Around the Nation   Workers at DC jail complex fall ill after package is opened Wusa9 minor. Assistant Fire Chief John Donnelly and D.C. Department of Corrections Director Quincy L. Booth confirmed that the package most likely

Suspicious Letter Sickens DC Jail Employees NBC Washington of the mayor's office said. The fire department responded to the Correctional Treatment Facility on the 1900 block of E Street SE Thursday

With solitary off the table at Rikers, Correction Department seeks new punishments NY1 News rules," said Cynthia Brann, Commissioner of the Correction Department. Translation: the department is trying to come up with other ways to

Tennessee Supreme Court denies AG's request for 8 executions by June 1 The Tennessean 2007. Representatives for the attorney general and Tennessee Department of Correction did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Nursery in Ohio prison lets inmate moms bond with their kids The Akron Legal News should be in prison," says Kristina Toth of the New Hampshire Department of Corrections, which does not have a nursery program. The ABC'S

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Around the Nation   Staff keeps quitting at NC’s toughest prisons. ‘It’s critically dangerous.’ The Charlotte Observer

Purpose of juvenile justice system is rehabilitation Argus Leader . A juvenile who commits a violent crime can be committed to the Department of Corrections, and a judge can also commit a child who is found

US Supreme Court rules against challenge to Arizona death penalty laws Tucson.com Abel Hidalgo Arizona Department of Corrections PHOENIX — The U.S. Supreme Court won't disturb Arizona's death penalty laws despite claims

Tribune Editorial: County jails help inmates find new life The Salt Lake Tribune welding, the Garfield County jail offers classes in auto glass repair, building trades, culinary arts, graphic design, embroidery and silk

Corrections secretary says cut proposal could be 'disaster' Sun Herald on mattresses, which could threaten public safety. Sheriffs currently get paid $24.39 per day for each inmate they keep in parish jails.

State Prison Partnerships Can Improve Public Health and Safety The Pew Charitable Trusts Anamosa State Prison, Anamosa, Iowa. Iowa is one of the states where corrections departments are partnering with health care agencies to

Report: Hepatitis C killing Arizona Death Row inmates Tucson.com of the 41,681 prisoners in the entire Arizona Department of Corrections population have hepatitis C, which comes to 15 percent. The most

Gov. Kay Ivey signs contract for health care in Alabama prisons AL.com . Wexford has denied any wrongdoing. Williams said the Department of Corrections contract includes a provision that Wexford could forfeit a

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Around the Nation   Florida prisons see visitation upheaval as correction officials cite contraband crisis Jacksonville.com visitor strip searches beginning last summer, the Florida Department of Corrections will cut visitation days in half, saying it can’t safely

Judges, Ohio prison system at odds over bed reduction plan Belleville News Democrat offenders to prison for longer-than-allowed sentences. The prison system had counted on the law decreasing Ohio's inmate population by

Brown wants to keep more youth in juvenile detention, not prison The Sacramento Bee adult offender pilot program that would allow the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to place 76 youth offenders with

Oklahoma lawmakers could consider new prison The Norman Transcript

Execution by nitrogen close to becoming law in Alabama Pensacola News Journal in botched executions around the country. The Alabama Department of Corrections referred questions Tuesday to the Alabama Attorney General'

Lawmakers at odds with Hickenlooper administration over sentencing reform efforts The Colorado Independent department doesn’t have full control over which prisoners make it into parole or into community corrections. He said in 2017, the department

DOC Asks For $1.5 Billion For New Prisons, Training, And Pay Raises NewsOn6.com . 8/31/2017 Related Story: Oklahoma Department Of Corrections Announces Record Population Building two new prisons would cost about $800

Alabama Legislature approves budget with more prison funding AL.com 's budget. The DOC requested the increases to expand mental health services and hire more correctional officers, among other needs. The DOC

After a deadly year in NC prisons, here are reforms state officials want to make The Herald-Sun , sex offenders and big-time drug dealers. But the correctional officers in charge of watching over those inmates often lack backup; none

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Around the Nation   An Insider’s Look at How the Virginia DOC Handles Contraband - Correctional News Correctional News /December issue of Correctional News. Harold W. Clarke is the current director of corrections for the Virginia Department of Corrections.

Prison Riot Litigation Costs Delaware $370,000 Delmarva Public Radio

The State of Oklahoma: State will soon be top in nation for incarceration newsok The prison system is operating at 115 percent of capacity. The Department of Corrections director wants two new prisons and a thousand more

Could Tennessee use the electric chair this year? It's unlikely but possible The Tennessean after June 1 or if the department anticipates using the electric chair this year. "The Department of Correction is always prepared to

Editorial: Oregon prisoners deserve flu shots BendBulletin.com vaccine. The state Department of Corrections bought enough flu vaccine to inoculate only 4,650 of the state’s inmate population. Given the

Youth Detention Center ending juvenile incarceration Star Beacon in juveniles committed to state juvenile corrections centers, according to Tony Panzino, Ohio Department of Youth Services bureau chief.

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Around the Nation   Drones Delivering Contraband To Prisons A Budding Problem WUSF News - University of South Florida prison after correctional officers spotted the drone, which was delivering a cellphone and tobacco. The Florida Department of Corrections

Vt. DOC helps fight opioid addicted inmates WCAX.com of the Department of Corrections, Benjamin Watts said. “Individuals who have involvement with the department of corrections are

Tennessee prison chief requests 'safekeeping' review; policy puts pretrial detainees in solitary confinement The Tennessean

State cuts ribbon on new women's prison | New Hampshire NewHampshire.com new $50 million prison for women opened for business on Monday, much to the delight of Department of Corrections officials, politicians and

Alabama's new form of executions has never been tried AL.com cost and whether it would require a new death chamber. "The Department of Corrections will follow the law of the state and adhere to the

Under Pressure, NC Prisons Revise Policy on Restraining Pregnant Detainees News - Indy Week , the National Commission on Correctional Health Care and the American Correctional Association. “The Department of Public Safety, Division

Democratic governor candidates call for prison visitation reviews, overhaul News-JournalOnline.com , Gibson said, there may be more clothing needed to be removed. Gibsons said she spoke to corrections officers about the process. Prior to

California’s Prison Education System Is Yielding Impressive Results Fast Company them is expensive, too, although the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has received funding to develop electronic open

Nebraska senators advance protections for jail phone calls The Washington Times

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Around the Nation   68 dead in Venezuelan prison riot, attorney general says Colorado Springs Gazette

Corrections Director: Oklahoma prisons need $8.75M HeraldCourier.com after Corrections Director Joe Allbaugh warned of the department's financial struggle, The Oklahoman reported. The Corrections Department

Correctional officers say latest round of state budget cuts impacts prison safety KCRG the number of correctional officers at Iowa prisons. In 2009, the Iowa Department of Corrections had a total of 1,609 correction officers

Six prison overdoses means corrections officers now carry Narcan Delawareonline.com were saved after they returned tothe prison and became ill. Medical and security staff responded and paramedics followed, Gravell said. CPR

DOC director blames private provider for health care failures Arizona Capitol Times , Arizona Department of Corrections Director Charles Ryan laid the blame largely at the feet of private contractor Corizon Correctional

Del. probation, parole officers trained on naloxone WMDT 47 News 330 probation, parole and community corrections officers received naloxone training by instructors from the Kent County Department of Public

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Around the Nation   In South Carolina, the fight against prison contraband continues on multiple fronts The Post and Courier

Starting in July, some Franklin County felons won't be sent to state prison The Columbus Dispatch a conviction that mandates a prison sentence. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction acknowledges that a goal of T-CAP is to

Judge Rules Prison System Must Recognize Humanism as ‘Faith Group,’ Allow Humanist Inmates to Hold Meetings Christian News Network Reagan has ruled that the North Carolina Department of Public Safety and the Lanesboro Correctional Institution were in error in declining

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Around the Nation   Gov. Walker signs bill to send youth inmates to regional facilities by 2021 WJFW TV-12 hopeful about the change coming sooner than later. "I believe the Department of Corrections will not wait until 2021, that they're going to

Metro Corrections re-opens old jail space due to overcrowding Cleveland 19 News , KY (WAVE) - It's no secret that Louisville Metro Department of Corrections (LMDC) is already overcrowded. Officials are temporarily re-

Cell Phones Smuggled into Prisons Pose a State - and National - Problem South Carolina Public Radio and executed from within prisons with these phones, says state Dept. of Corrections Director Brian Stirling. Listen Listening... / 4:00

Florida new criminal justice data effort a prelude to sentencing, corrections reform The Cherokee Ledger News Department of Corrections (DOC), must enter everything from arrests and bail to sentencing into a weekly report to the Florida Department of

Judges order new evaluation of South Dakota prison porn rule The Olympian pornography is constitutional. The Argus Leader reports the state Department of Corrections' 2014 policy was challenged by Charles Sisney,

Ex-inmate who tricked IRS into paying $163K in returns for prisoners headed back to prison Knoxville News Sentinel ' warden? Court records also suggest a “corrupt” Tennessee Department of Correction warden may have played a role. Defense attorney Ed Holt

Parole? No thanks. Man turns down chance at freedom for better chance outside prison The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Tommy Fountain, the statewide transitional center coordinator for the Georgia Department of Corrections. Inmates are eligible to stay in a

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Around the Nation   Florida prisons don’t have enough officers, so inmates’ family visits are cut in half Miami Herald

As Opioids Land More Women in Prison, Ohio Finds Alternative Treatments WOSU Radio were imprisoned statewide in 2017, according to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections. The figure has remained high over the

Familes Oppose Tighter Florida Prison Visitation Rules NorthEscambia.com weekend as well as on state holidays. But the Florida Department of Corrections is moving ahead with a rule change that could cut visitation

Delaware Inmates in Vaughn Could Soon Have Access to Tablets WBOC Tv 16 could be expanded to the state's maximum security near Smyrna. Delaware Correctional Commissioner Perry Phelps said the eventual intention

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AROUND THE NATION   'Last Mile' program gives women inmates a second chance Terre Haute old Hooten was sentenced to a term of nine years in the Department of Correction, three of which include probation, after being convicted of

MSU, MDOC partner to improve post-release transition Mississippi State University , Miss.—Mississippi State University and the Mississippi Department of Corrections are partnering to improve post-release outcomes for

New momentum for addiction treatment behind bars PilotOnline.com director for the state’s corrections department. Nationwide, a quarter of heroin addicts pass through the corrections system each year,

Minn. DOC revises inmate disciplinary policy CorrectionsOne By CorrectionsOne Staff MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Department of Corrections announced that it has revised its inmate segregation policy.

Drones are dropping contraband into prisons. NC is looking for ways to stop them. The News & Observer the South Carolina Department of Corrections says it was a drone drop that gave Causey the wire cutters. Though drone drops in prison yards

Arkansas Department of Community Correction to move The Courier . The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that the Arkansas Department of Community Correction announced Tuesday it'll move to the shuttered

< Surgeon General Urges More Americans To Carry Opioid Antidote National Public Radio dealing drugs and you're putting people at risk, you're going to go to jail. But if you have a substance use disorder, that we're going to

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Around the Nation   Not going home might be key in keeping former prisoners free, new Pennsylvania study says Tribune-Review conducted by a University of Maryland researcher for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, may show the way to lower recidivism rates.

A drone packed with drugs — prisons adapt to new methods used to sneak in contraband The Columbus Telegram Correctional Center for Women, where some inmates are coming right off the streets, according to the department. Last year, corrections

Law eliminating life-without-parole drug sentences goes into effect Detroit Free Press LANSING — A Macomb County man sentenced to life in prison without parole because of a 2000 drug offense could get a reprieve with a new law

Advocates call on Oklahoma employers to hire more ex-inmates The Washington Times years was 61 percent, according to figures provided by the Department of Corrections. “We have to better inform our business community to

Girls take over former boot camp for boys The News Dispatch the development of responsible young women,” according to the Department of Correction. Capacity at the facility is 62. Education is the

Inmates older than 60 could get parole under new plan to ease prison crowding Greenville Online law was enacted, said Bryan Stirling, director of the state Department of Corrections. Seven prisons have closed since the law went into

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Around the Nation   Juvenile lifers win key ruling over good behavior credits The Washington Times

Virginia jail opens unit for those with mental health issues The Washington Times inmates at the Roanoke City Jail will move into the unit on Tuesday. The jail repurposed two general population inmate areas into the unit

'Miracle drug' Vivitrol having limited success at Arizona prisons MSN.com

Louisiana criminal justice savings may go to cover existing inmate housing NOLA.com bills from local sheriffs who house state prisoners. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections was expecting to be able to invest $14

Graterford prison bringing on suicide prevention expert Metro state prison. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Secretary John Wetzel recently revealed that the SCI (State Correctional Institution)

Riot reported at Nashville youth detention center; police say 1 offender escaped The Tennessean taking over classrooms, said the police spokeswoman. The Department of Correction is assisting in responding to what a spokeswoman called

Lanesboro prison to become female facility as part of new prison safety plan WTOC.com , more manageable populations promotes improved safety and security within a correctional setting, which is agency leadership’s highest

Washington State Penitentiary hunger strike continues, numbers dwindling Union-Bulletin.com at facilities in Spokane and Connell run by Correctional Industries, a division of the state Department of Corrections. A specific concern,

Prison-based medication treatment in Rhode Island is reducing overdose deaths Addiction Professional Magazine Clarke and former corrections director A.T. Wall built momentum for shifting the outlook about medication treatment in prison and overcoming

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Around the Nation   Former prison boss says Lucasville riot spurred needed reform Cincinnati Enquirer

Vermont meets with bidders on plan to move inmates The Washington Times about the contract. The facilities operations manager for the state Department of Corrections says they expect more bids before the May 16

Louisiana changed a law to release more sick, old prisoners. Part of it could be reversed. NOLA.com temporary release and three were denied, according to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. While it doesn't apply to people

Effort To Reduce Solitary Confinement For Mentally Ill Offenders Has Stalled Jefferson Public Radio didn't have time to let offenders out. The Department of Corrections and Disability Rights Oregon have signed a memorandum of understanding

Tennessee Department Of Correction Gets Greenlight, But Only After Grilling On For-Profit Prisons Nashville Public Radio

Ole Miss Students Team Up With Inmates To Feed Children In Need WCBI TV the University of Mississippi’s Department of Legal Studies, teamed up with inmates from the Marshall County Correctional Facility to pack

Push to end privatized prison food clears first hurdle The Detroit News prison since 2016 due to a steadily declining population. Michigan’s Republican-led Legislature voted to privatize prison food service in

Judge ruling could allow for faster parole hearings for juvenile lifers Michigan Radio

Report: Solitary confinement of mentally ill persists in Oregon prison Statesman Journal account of the cramped, dangerous and understaffed conditions of the prison's behavioral health unit. Prisoners were housed for months at a

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Around the Nation   LA Times and Others Suing Over New California Execution Rules NBC Los Angeles in federal court in San Francisco against the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the corrections secretary and San Quentin's     Nebraska Corrections Department reorganizes management team Omaha.com head, will now serve as chief of staff. The Corrections Department has struggled with overcrowded prisons, attacks on staff and high     Idaho Department of Correction mentor program aims to aid prison parolees Idaho State Journal from prison, according to program manager Jeff Kirkman of the Idaho Department of Correction. That's a key period for people who struggle     Illinois Department of Corrections needs $420 million to get through June Journal Star SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Department of Corrections needs an extra $420 million to get through the remainder of the budget year, which ends     Delaware offers incentives to recruit correctional officers Star-Telegram.com 's Department of Correction has announced a new recruitment program, intent on bolstering interest in more than 250 vacant correctional

 

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Around the Nation   Connecticut Juvenile Training School Closes WSHU into the corrections department jails, homes, and to private therapeutic facilities. Officials at the Department of Corrections tell the CT

Nebraska Correctional Center for Women in York celebrate nation’s first Fellowship Academy graduation KRVN Radio Correctional Center for Women in York made history on Tuesday, as they became the first women in the nation to graduate from the Prison

Rikers opens housing unit exclusively for veterans ABC7 Eyewitness News NEW YORK (WABC) -- The New York City Department of Correction officially unveiled its first housing unit exclusively for military veterans

New incentive program for correctional officers could close hiring gap in Delaware WMDT 47 News DELAWARE - The Delaware Department of Correction has launched a brand new incentive program for hiring correctional officers. It's all an

California plan to keep executions partially secret draws media lawsuit San Francisco Chronicle under state regulations adopted last month by Gov. Jerry Brown’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, “serves no purpose other than

Washington State Penitentiary hunger strike ends The Seattle Times centers in Spokane and Connell run by Correctional Industries, a division of the Department of Corrections. A specific concern, Window said

DOC overtime on track to surpass $30M this year with no sight on ending forced overtime Delawareonline.com he said is leaving correctional officers physically and mentally exhausted. He estimates that between 50 to 100 correctional officers are

The missing piece of Mass. criminal justice reform - The Boston Globe The Boston Globe program. In 2016, 69 percent of individuals released from Department of Corrections’ custody went directly from a medium or maximum security

Four Idaho Department of Correction officers accused of drug trafficking in prison Idaho News BOISE, Idaho (KBOI) —  Four Idaho Department of Correction officers have been indicted for their alleged roles in working within a large-

 

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Around the Nation   7 inmates killed, 17 hurt after hours of fighting at South Carolina prison The Post and Courier are dead and 17 others required outside medical attention after hours of fighting inside a maximum security prison. Prisons spokesman Jeff

The Latest: Gov has ‘complete confidence’ in SC prison chief The Washington Times

SC prison riot: Coroner says inmates slashed, stabbed, beaten Abc11.com seven inmates who were killed during hours of rioting at a maximum security South Carolina prison died of stabbing and slashing wounds. Lee

South Carolina prison secured, coroner called to scene HeraldCourier.com

Atlanta reentry initiative provides inmates employment opportunities The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Bottoms joined the Department of Corrections, the Department of Watershed Management and the Georgia Department of Corrections to launch a

Youth academy launches amid correctional officer shortage The Washington Times of high school. Department spokeswoman Jayme Gravell says the academy aims to counter the perception of the work correctional and probation

No injuries, damage reported in Nebraska prison disturbance The Washington Times disturbance at a prison in southeast Nebraska. The Nebraska Correctional Services Department reports that 36 inmates had refused to return

36 inmates involved in Tecumseh disturbance; no injuries or damage reported Omaha.com State Prison. Dawn-Renee Smith, a spokeswoman for the State Corrections Department, said a group of 36 inmates had refused to return to

Judge gives addicts second chance with treatment program The Washington Times .” Newman said he was concerned about people returning from the Department of Correction and asked Cook to develop a support group, which

Santa Fe jail steps up effort to help inmates with addiction The Santa Fe New Mexican groups, including a White House task force and the American Correctional Association, to implement medication-assisted care for inmates with

Nebraska prisons see technology used to smuggle contraband Starherald.com was found at the Lincoln Correctional Center two months ago, the Lincoln Journal Star reported . The Justice Department reported last year

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Around the Nation   Mid-Michigan prison locked down after three days of gang-related fighting Lansing State Journal , a spokesman confirmed. Michigan Department of Corrections officials say the violence at St. Louis Correctional Facility is not believed

Virginia Beach inmates will get a free phone call since they can't get visits PilotOnline.com space, personnel constraints and an inmate's disciplinary status. "Doing this will cost us about $200 a day if every inmate uses his or her

Prisons across South Carolina locked down after the murder of 7 inmates in Lee County The Post and Courier correctional officers lost control of three units at the maximum security prison in Lee County Sunday night. It took hours for correctional

Nonprofit helps Virginia maintain lowest recidivism rate Tri-City Herald , please consider subscribing today. Walker served time at a Virginia Department of Corrections camp in Halifax County. After re-entering

Transgender inmates can now choose where they’re housed in NYC New York Post with which they identify. The Department of Correction initially received a partial exemption because of inmate safety concerns. A report

One in four correctional officer jobs were unfilled at Lee prison TheState.com from a shortage of corrections officers: it doesn't pay them enough. An entry level Department of Corrections officer at Lee Correctional

Tennessee prison chief vows review of inmate death after 'shocking' legislative testimony The Tennessean on going back and reviewing the investigation ..." Department of Correction Commissioner Tony Parker said. The allegations date back to the

SC leaders on prison riot: 'This was all about territory ... about cell phones' The News & Observer Lee Correctional Institution. Ashlen Renner The violence and inmate deaths at Lee Correctional come as the state's Corrections Department

Bodies were stacked up in prison riot, SC inmate says TheState.com " in director Bryan Stirling's ability to lead the S.C. Department of Corrections. Stirling was appointed by then-Gov. Nikki Haley in 2013

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Around the Nation   Blocking inmates' cell phones: South Carolina prison has a plan Independent Mail Echoing warnings that corrections officials in South Carolina and other states have voiced for years, McMaster said illegal cell phones have

Legislators seek more oversight after deadly prison violence Greensboro News & Record

Lawmakers say poor conditions in S.C. prison systems created Lee deadly riot ABC News 4

Before deadly riot, South Carolina bused in violent inmates from other prisons The Post and Courier are persistent themes in a series of lawsuits filed against the Department of Corrections by Bell, the Georgetown attorney, on inmates'

'Cellphones didn't kill 7': SC prison warden should step down after riot, group says The Charlotte Observer

Lee Correctional inmates 'can get anything they want' from the outside, neighbors say TheState.com . Henry McMaster and Department of Corrections Director Brian Sterling said the bloody riot was sparked by territory, cell phones and other

Philly announces plan to close city's oldest jail by 2020 Philly Voice The Philadelphia Department of Prisons revealed plans on Wednesday to close the nearly century-old House of Corrections in 2020, marking the

High cost of taking away prisoners' Medicaid coverage WFMZ population under the care of the Hillsborough County, New Hampshire Department of Corrections has some kind of substance abuse problem, says

Hunger Strike Highlights Long-Simmering Fight Over Prison Food Spokane Public Radio . Today, most Washington prison food is prepared at two facilities run by Correctional Industries—an in-house work program. More recently,

Michigan prison locked down after fights The Detroit News and electronic messaging programs at the St. Louis Correctional Facility, Corrections Department spokesman Chris Gautz said. The roughly

Mid-Michigan prison locked down after three days of gang-related fighting Lansing State Journal , a spokesman confirmed. Michigan Department of Corrections officials say the violence at St. Louis Correctional Facility is not believed

 

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AROUND THE NATION   Mass. prisons can use dogs to search visitors for contraband, high court rules - The Boston Globe The Boston Globe prison officials can keep using dogs to search visitors to Department of Correction facilities for contraband, but authorities must allow

Feds announce indictments in prison drug-smuggling conspiracy The Columbus Dispatch the indictment. Comment was being sought from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. The five inmates charged in the case

Utah Corrections Director Rollin Cook stepping down Deseret News them more opportunities for employment, as well as make improvement to mental health care and restricted housing. "The organization is in a

Contraband cell phones in prison: who's to blame? ABC News 4 cell phone jamming, but we just found out that SCDOC signed a three-year contract to install managed access technology at Lee Correctional.

Court denies bid to appeal credits for juvenile lifers The Detroit News is listed as a defendant in the case along with the Michigan Department of Corrections, did not immediately respond to a request for comment

DOC Director Hopeful Reforms Will Curb Contraband Battles NewsOn6.com because we can't fully staff,” said Allbaugh. Corrections officials said, in terms of correctional officers, the state's 24 prisons are 70

OK Prisons Over Capacity, Under Staffed, DOC Director Says NewsOn6.com specially trained dogs to sniff out cell phones and drugs, but they can't catch it all. Directors said cell phone seizures peaked in 2016.

Prisons chief doubts transfers caused deadly riot AP News maximum-security inmates late last year to a prison where seven prisoners were killed this week in a gang fight. But Corrections Director

Michigan prison violating pregnant Muslim's religious rights, lawyers say Detroit Metro Times in Michigan is bringing two civil rights complaints against the Michigan Department of Corrections for denying a Muslim woman the ability to

Philadelphia to close oldest operating jail in city Tribune-Review House of Correction opened in 1874 but was razed in 1925, but materials from the original were used in construction of the current building,

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AROUND THE NATION   Lawmakers seek tour of S.C. prison home to deadly riot Aiken Standard

Locks were broken on doors at SC prison where riot killed 7 TheState.com

Telecomm expert lists ways to block cell phone signals inside prisons ABC News 4 the windows of the office building because they don’t want calls outside the office building, and that effectively stops any cell phone use.

SCDC requests outside and independent review of Sunday prison riot that killed 7 WTOC.com , the former Director of the Texas Department of Corrections, will lead a team of seasoned Correctional Professionals for the review. @

Don't cut visits to Florida's prisoners | Guest editorial Sun Sentinel push by the Department of Corrections to limit visitations by family members and loved ones. Months ago the department announced that it

South Carolina lawmakers want drone ban at prisons, bases Bradenton Herald or Department of Corrections would be exempt. Camden Sen. Vincent Sheheen says the legislation is timely after the Lee Correctional

La Department of Correction agrees to ease prisoner interview restrictions KALB-TV News Channel 5

Court rules against state in fight over using dogs to search prison visitors Boston.com the department to continue using the dogs for a certain period while it follows the proper regulatory process. The correction department

Ohio Supreme Court upholds death penalty constitutionality MSN.com U.S. Constitution requires juries and not judges to impose death sentences. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP, File)

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AROUND THE NATION   Calls to jam signals around prisons over unauthorized cellphones NBCNEWS.com

Mississippi woman finds passion in prison ministry Sun Herald important roles in building support systems that give inmates a better chance of turning lives around. One LCADC female correctional officer

Indiana inmates prepare greyhounds for life beyond racing The Washington Times the dogs and prisoners gain confidence, she said. Department of Correction caseworkers identify offenders who they believe could succeed in

Former SCDOC director says hope comes first, rehabilitation second WALB.com (WIS) - The former director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections said that without giving inmates serving life sentences hope for

S.C. prison riot is proof of problems The Times and Democrat . He said the locks on many cell doors were broken before the fighting began, and inmates roamed the cell blocks freely. The correctional

Editorial: Prison reforms in South Carolina can't wait The Post and Courier take time. Brad Livingston, formerly the head of the Texas Department of Corrections, is expected to assemble a capable team of experts to

Riot reveals cracks in South Carolina's ability to quell prison uprisings The Post and Courier a matter of minutes, not hours.” The S.C. Department of Corrections Rapid Response Team was one of three specialized squads — not including

Mignon Clyburn reflects on legacy as public interest 'champion' at Federal Communications Commission The Post and Courier

Hearing on inmate suicide in prison mental health trial HeraldCourier.com determine whether it was a suicide. Representatives from Alabama Department of Corrections are expected to testify along with the deceased

Feds: Michigan prison agency needs to step up against sex harassment Lansing State Journal EEOC says Michigan corrections department needs to step up fight against sex harassment Tuesday: The state’s Corrections Department — unlike

N.H. Prison Told to Turn Over Records on Inmate's Death New Hampshire Public Radio in the death of an inmate with mental illness. According to the Department of Corrections, Phillip Borcuk, 34, died in the state prison's

Lawsuit: Inmates With Mental Illness At Walla Walla Locked In Cells 16 Hours A Day Spokane Public Radio , despite meeting on “multiple occasions” with the Washington Department of Corrections. In a statement Sunday, DOC did not comment

Gazette opinion: Locking in best prison deal The Billings Gazette , which operates 70 private prisons nationwide, including the Crossroads Correctional Center in Shelby. The state of Montana has housed

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AROUND THE NATION   Inmates wounded in S.C. prison riot out of hospital as lockdown lifted at some facilities

The Post and Courier

Governor takes 'emergency' action after deadly prison riots Aiken Standard

Gov. McMaster declares emergency at S.C. prisons after riot, waives rules to bolster security

The Post and Courier

After deadly SC prison riot, Gov. McMaster OKs more money for prison guards The Charlotte Observer brave men and women who serve our state as correctional officers." "The (Corrections Department) has been combating high vacancy rates for

Dozens of prison workers debilitated since escape attempt The Digital Courier . "Our department has gotten extremely dangerous in recent years," said Ezuma, a guard at high-security Polk Correctional Institution in

Warden testifies in trial over prisons' mental health care Decatur Daily.com Bob Horton, a spokesman for the Alabama Department of Corrections, wrote in an email that the department is continuing to "investigate and

Colorado’s Department of Corrections now must tell victims where out-of-state inmates are locked up The Denver Post I think this is insulting to these victims.” The Colorado Department of Corrections sometimes moves inmates — typically high-profile ones —

Lawmakers want overhaul of how N.J. treats female prisoners NJ.com

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AROUND THE NATION   Female incarceration reveals a cruel and broken justice system The Hill day-to-day experiences of female teens doing time at a Department of Corrections facility in Indiana. The show reveals the isolation and

EDITORIAL: Reform Requires Long-Term Planning, Reducing Private Prisons Jackson Free Press repairing conditions. As savings are realized in the Mississippi Department of Corrections, justice reinvestment is crucial in helping the

Report finds San Diego jails are failing inmates with mental illness The San Diego Union-Tribune inmates, jail staff and correctional experts. The report criticizes the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department for not providing appropriate

Cellphone companies warned to cooperate with jamming signals in prison The Post and Courier officers go undiscovered. Corrections is in the process of installing additional fencing at medium- and maximum-security prisons that

What Women Bring to Corrections Governing secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections and president of the national Association of Women Executives in Corrections (AWEC)

Former S.C.I. Greensburg plans raise questions Tribune-Review said. That includes transitional housing for 200 to 300 veterans and health care and job-training facilities. A Florida-based nonprofit

Lee Correctional riot fast-tracks reform in SC prisons ABC News 4

Inmate: Prison officers complicit in cellphone problem Macon Telegraph

Group sues Washington State Penitentiary over rights violations YakimaHerald.com don’t have the lower-custody settings.” The Washington State Department of Corrections spokesman Jeremy Barclay did not return the Union-

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AROUND THE NATION   Understaffing led to the Lee prison riot, but simply staffing up isn’t the solution TheState.com would be safer if the Corrections Department were able to fill the more than 600 vacant correctional officer positions the Legislature has

California Prisons Could Soon Be Required To Add Vegan Meals CBS Sacramento

Michigan reversing prison population boom of ‘90s Sentinel-Standard out. “The department understands this and is trying to do the best it can,” Cooper said. The Department of Corrections has created jobs

New law in Virginia: Jails and prisons must supply feminine products to inmates for free PilotOnline.com had to pay up to several dollars. This law now requires the Department of Corrections to ensure a free supply at every jail and prison in

S.C. prison employees charged with taking bribes, smuggling contraband to inmates Argus Leader from the FBI, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, the state Department of Corrections and the U.S. Attorney's office is scheduled

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AROUND THE NATION   How a warden brought humanity to the Supermax prison facility CorrectionsOne finale on his long career in corrections and despite the intensity of the Supermax – both in inmate population and facility design – he felt

Solitary Confinement Policies at ‘Tipping Point’ in US, say Reformers The Crime Report of the Association of State Correctional Administrators and director of the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Gov. Malloy wants increase in spending on prison food WTNH.com vanilla wafers too chilly to ham in the prison store. "We also have a commissary program, within our prison system, and prisoners can buy

Inmates with cellphones are a problem in SC prisons. Is this the solution? TheState.com

Chemical munitions used to stop State Pen inmates after small fires fill unit with smoke JournalStar.com Dawn-Renee Smith, spokeswoman for the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services. Its emergency response team was also activated "as a

SC prison riot highlights universal problems facing corrections CorrectionsOne threat facing any correctional facility, prison and jail. Speaking of unity and organization, correctional facility security is constantly

West Virginia jails hope to help staffing crisis during hiring event WCHS-TV/DT should bring their social security card, driver's license and GED/high school diploma. Here is a list of other correctional career events

Federal Judge Rules IDOC Not Complying With Mental Healthcare Settlement Northern Public Radio of psychiatrists is the worst of the problems.” A corrections spokeswoman said the department is committed to improving care and pointed to

Saint Al's sues Idaho prison contractor over $14M in medical bills Idaho Statesman

Another Fail for San Diego County Jail San Diego Free Press

The state that wants to spend more, not less, on prison food Bradenton Herald hungry. Ed Calderon of Bridgeport, Connecticut, has been out of prison for 13 years but still remembers fights breaking out between hungry

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AROUND THE NATION   Utah Department of Corrections changing policies after withheld records derail death penalty case KSL.com Department of Corrections. This was totally wrong. It makes me doubt the credibility of everything I hear from the Department of Corrections

The cost of incarceration and impacts on the community Times-Standard Online inmates with addiction issues, it also helps the jail because he can take inmates from the jail setting and enter them into the program. “

DOC director: Oklahoma prisons in precarious spot NewsOK , is adequately funded. Allbaugh is director of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Read all the recent editorials from The Oklahoman.

Women in Asheville prison planting more than seeds Evansville Courier & Press ASHEVILLE — The grounds of the Swannanoa Correctional Center for Women are surprisingly gorgeous. The Swannanoa Mountain range looms beyond

Ex-inmate launches thrift store to help others Bradenton Herald by her husband in Warri, Nigeria. Prison, for the over 10 years she served in the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women in St. Gabriel,

Mississippi sued for restricting prisoners’ access to books The Seattle Times Miss. (AP) — A southern Mississippi prison and the Mississippi Department of Corrections are being sued for limiting inmates’ access to free

State's failure on prisons The Post and Courier the first law enforcement officers entered the cell blocks. The Department of Corrections has rapid response teams, which responded to the

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AROUND THE NATION   Hartford Re-Entry Center To Open At City Hall This Summer Hartford Courant onto Prospect Street. When prisoners are released, the state Department of Correction shuttles them to drop-off points around Connecticut.

Prison riot might have been worse if not for this man's influence The Sumter Item COLUMBIA - In 1995, the S.C. Department of Corrections - like many other prison systems across the country - was in the midst of record-

MDC among first to have inmate breastfeeding policy ABQJournal Online such a policy at the state level, too. The New Mexico Department of Corrections last year implemented a pilot lactation program but faced a

Starring inmates, 'O.G' puts incarceration under a new lens The Philadelphia Tribune s Pendleton Correction Facility with — after extensive discussion and weeks of research — the blessing of Indiana's Department of Correction

Virginia jails struggle to help mentally ill inmates CBS 6 WTVR and standardize mental health care in correctional facilities across the state. 2016-17: More jail officers receive crisis intervention

Inmate-trained horses join Yosemite National Park patrol team ABC30 News that's never been done that we know of," Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center Ranch Manager Joseph Misner said. Drifter and Sandman arrived in

La. inmates working together with guards to make prison a safer place WAFB.com done when your neighborhood is a prison. But offenders at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center are all about it. "Clearly, this institution has a

Prison, wireless industry task force meets in DC to talk cell phone jamming in prisons ABC News 4

Hawaii's prison overcrowding crisis worsens, causing 'tension among inmates' Hawaii News Now shelters during Hurricane Iniki. According to the Department of Public Safety, Kauai Community Correctional Center in Lihue is 48 percent

Kentucky Participating In A New Research Program Focused On Reducing Recidivism WEKU 88.9 and Pennsylvania. Holden said they’ll be working with the Kentucky Department of Corrections as well as other groups, but a full list hasn’t

Prison officials review 74 cases after death-penalty blunder The Washington Times . The probe came after Judge Wallace Lee called for an investigation into the Department of Corrections’ handing of the case of 36-year-old

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AROUND THE NATION   State Pushes For Longer Treatment Window For Mentally Ill Inmates Colorado Public Radio : Redirection Criminal Justice Behavioral Health SB18-250: Jail-based Behavioral Health Services SB18-251: Statewide Behavioral Health Court

State corrections agency cuts programs to fill budget hole Tallahassee Democrat , which eventually took over health care for the entire state-run prison system. Jones decided to redo the health care services contracts in

Nebraska AG sues lawmakers to stop death penalty questioning of prisons director The Cherokee Ledger News

Mississippi prisons remain on lockdown; contraband seized during shakedown WDAM - Channel 7 indicating potential security breaches. The department said it remains committed to ongoing efforts to decrease the number of cell phones

$6 Million Meant for DOC Staffing Vacancies Reallocated For Security Upgrades at Inmate Housing ABC Columbia to help with staffing with the Department of Corrections, but now are using that money for security upgrades to inmate housing units. While

S.C. prison chief volunteers riot site as testing ground for cellphone jamming The Post and Courier up, and last week federal prosecutors indicted 14 former state Corrections Department employees on smuggling charges. But even with 6,200

Data is key to reducing the number of people with mental illnesses in jails The Hill - Blogs

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AROUND THE NATION   Prison Problems: Overworked and Understaffed? WAVY-TV

Editorial: Nebraska officials need to provide answers to death penalty inquiries Omaha.com questions on that score. They’ve asked the state Department of Correctional Services for information involving its purchase of death penalty

Governor's executive order 'bans the box,' creates employment opportunities for ex-criminals KSN Department of Administration also said people convicted of crimes could still not apply for positions as law enforcement officer or correctional

Prisons to cut programs due to health care cost increase News-JournalOnline.com to be successful when they leave state prison,” said Democratic Rep. David Richardson, one of the Legislature’s prison experts. “If we just

Hawaii Struggles as Overcrowding in Corrections Worsens Correctional News now, officials at the Department of Public Safety (DPS) have raised concerns about overcrowding in Hawaii’s correctional facilities, and new

N.J. corrections commissioner retiring after Murphy asked him to stay NJ.com vision for the future of the department." Lanigan, who previously served in the New York City Department of Correction, had served in the

‘I can get up every day and feel good about what I’m doing.’ St. Louis bakery offers felons work, second chances Decatur Daily.com eventually end up back behind bars, according to the Missouri Department of Corrections. Lack of community support and the inability to

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AROUND THE NATION   U.S. prison officials rescind policy restricting books behind bars Reuters US News a copy of a memo by a Florida prison warden. After the move prompted concern from inmates’ families and prison reform advocates, the agency

Conn. Bill Prohibits Shackling Of Incarcerated Women During Labor WSHU three months after a woman gave birth in her prison cell at the York Correctional Institution in Niantic, the State’s only women’s prison.

Prisons looking to go green The Courier $26.5 million in contracts with the Department of Correction ($17 million) and the Department of Community Correction ($9.5 million) that

‘You want them to be better’: A behind-the-scenes look at rehabilitation in a state prison WJACTV.com be emotional support animals. During a tour in April, the Department of Corrections allowed a 6 News reporter and photographer to tour the

Lawsuit challenges the high cost of calling from jail - The Boston Globe The Boston Globe in 10 of the state’s 14 counties, as well as the Massachusetts Department of Correction, which operates the state's prisons. “We’re hoping

‘An absolutely marvelous experience’: Rev. Anthony J. Bruno to celebrate his 50 years as a priest with Golden Jubilee Mass in Enfield Journal Inquirer services for a state correctional agency. In 2008 the American Correctional Association bestowed upon him its highest honor — the E. R.

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AROUND THE NATION   Connecticut’s prison population drops to lowest level in 24 years MSN.com . Due to a decline in the prison population, the Connecticut Department of Correction with be closing down the center's Fairmont Unit.

Educators, advocates push for better access to education in prisons Wyoming Tribune Eagle Online A cell block sits ready for inmates at the Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution in Torrington prior to the facility's opening in early

College prison program to bring undergrads and inmates together The Daily Iowan of the UI’s college in prison program, Liberal Arts Beyond Bars, students from the Iowa City campus will go into the prison to take a seven-

Calif. prison system moves to quash media's suit on executions CorrectionsOne filed Thursday in federal court, lawyers for the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation argued that members of the public have

167 Illinois prisoners serving life sentences for crimes committed as juveniles Chicago Sun-Times lesser sentences for juveniles convicted of crimes. Using Illinois Department of Corrections data, Injustice Watch examined the number of

Editorial: Renewed focus needed on care for mentally ill PilotOnline.com remains an unanswered question, as does whether any individual at the jail — detention officers or contracted medical staff — should be held

Therapy program helps Kansas inmates forge new path Alva Review-Courier . (AP) — Teddy Kleiner, an inmate at the Shawnee County Jail, said a program at the facility aimed at reducing recidivism has given him the

'Dinosaur eggs' and smugglers: Keeping cellphones out of prisons is tougher than you think Tulsa World implemented) within Oklahoma Department of Corrections,” said Jackie Switzer, Executive Director for the Oklahoma Corrections Professionals.

S.C. prisons go high-tech to ground contraband deliveries by drone The Post and Courier

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AROUND THE NATION   Few Oklahoma prisoners recommended for medical parole are released The Frontier of people deemed too sick or frail for prison by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections were granted medical parole. From 2013 to 2017,

U.S. judge orders D.C. officials to explain errors in inmate releases The Washington Post wrote in the court’s electronic docket. “The District of Columbia Department of Corrections is therefore ORDERED to explain in writing the

Erie County Prison exploring telepsychiatry GoErie.com prison administrators a week ago to learn about prison operations and to discuss how the telepsychiatry program might work at the prison.

DOC adding drug treatment programs to help inmates, parolees get clean WHP CBS 21 Harrisburg , Executive Deputy Secretary at the Department of Corrections. It's a problem the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections is trying to meet

Texas prison program makes ministers out of inmates Houston Chronicle be sent. Now, men are vying to get into the maximum-security Brazoria County prison, competing for a few dozen coveted slots in the program

"A second chance." Construct KC offers students from JoCo corrections department jobs The Kansas City Star Department of Corrections complete a 12-week hands-on carpentry curriculum to prepare them for employment in a variety of construction

Florida funding cuts threatens to shut down transition houses for prisoners News 13 may have to close because last week, the Florida Department of Corrections announced how major funding cuts would impact these special

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AROUND THE NATION   Department of Corrections gets new commissioner Kentucky New Era operations, including security and programs. He also brings experience in managing specialized offender populations, including medical needs

Cornyn introduces revised Senate Prison Reform Bill Crossroads Today to implement reentry pilot projects across the country. · Correctional Officer Self-Protection Provision: The bill requires the warden of

South Carolina's prison system is significantly understaffed, director tells senators Greenville Online South Carolina's prison system is significantly understaffed, including at Lee Correctional on the night of a deadly riot there, the system'

DOC Director Bryan Stirling defends agency actions following deadly prison riot WALB.com

Boosting morale in prisons will require more officers, director says The Post and Courier

Judge approves settlement mandating air conditioning at hot Texas prison KXXV-TV News Channel 25

Federal judge approves historic deal proving air conditioning at a geriatric Texas prison Houston Chronicle

Commissioners consider developing psychiatric emergency room WOWT have serious mental health issues. "So we have a lot of people in the jail, a lot of people on the street. They have mental health problems

Judge says he'll rule against Arizona over inmate care Alva Review-Courier

New jail diversion program addressing mental health, improving recidivism WAFF 48 News back to jail,” explained Jeremy Blair, WellStone CEO. There are two case managers. “They are able identify people in the jail who are

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AROUND THE NATION   Retired Angola warden Burl Cain travels world with nonprofit, preaching gospel of moral rehabilitation The Advocate for when starting a new prison seminary program. They need a department of corrections willing to make systemic changes, the former Angola

Tulsa World editorial: It's not a simple issue, but prisons should be able to jam cell phones within their walls Tulsa World

A bipartisan step toward prison reform New York Post and lower the prison population. It would spend $250 million over five years for prison education and vocational-training programs, and lets

Va. organization helps formerly incarcerated people get fresh start WTOP.com which causes individuals to return to prison, according to the Virginia Department of Corrections.” They also help clients search for work.

Erie County Prison exploring telepsychiatry | State-and-regional The Sentinel - Cumberlink

prison administrators a week ago to learn about prison operations and to discuss how the telepsychiatry program might work at the prison.

17-Year-Olds Will No Longer Be Tried As Adults In Missouri If Governor Signs Bill St. Louis Public Radio on inmates each year. For example, in 2011, then-corrections department budget director Joseph Eddy told Missourinet it costs nearly $6,000

'I felt like a caged animal.' Pa. woman claims jail illegally shackled her during labor The Morning Call in the hole.” Both the Department of Justice and the American Correctional Association say pregnant women should not be held in long-term

Prison writing program allows inmates to find their voices HeraldCourier.com in Idaho state prisons is a GED diploma. According to Idaho Department of Correction data, almost half of Idaho inmates enter prison without

Jail education programs offer inmates life line Laredo Morning Times on education and correction. A 2016 brief from the U.S. Department of Education, comparing the state and local expenditures on corrections,

Trump rolls back Obama rules that helped transgender prisoners Statesman Journal " to a section about hormone and medical treatment. The section is now titled "hormone and necessary medical treatment," a possible signal

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AROUND THE NATION   After years of pressure, Canada’s prison service to usher in needle exchange programs F3News to limit the transmission of infectious diseases, such as hepatitis C and HIV, the prison service said in its announcement. Costs of the

Problem-plagued prison food contractor gets another $35M from Mich. Lansing State Journal

Lawmakers agree: State must deal with prison psychiatric unit Union Leader it was amended to require accreditation from the National Commission on Correctional Health Care as a behavioral health facility. And that’s

Officials close restrictive housing unit in Louisiana prison The Washington Times Corrections Secretary James Le Blanc says the closure also aligned with officials’ goal to improve segregated housing. The state Department

How prisoners scam the system to ensure benefits after release New York Post to the media without permission. Gov. Cuomo and the [ State Department of Corrections] would not like this scam coming to light. I estimate

Expert: Money, safety, job prestige contribute to staffing problems at NH prisons | New Hampshire NewHampshire.com

Allegheny County Jail Launches New Veteran Program 90.5 WESA in the commonwealth, including one in York County Prison and at the State Correctional Institution at Mercer. Harper said veterans benefit

Inmate disturbance damages correctional center Newspressnow.com The Missouri Department of Corrections is continuing to investigate a disturbance that broke out at Crossroads Correctional Center in

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AROUND THE NATION   Report: Staff shortage at Vaughn prison contributes to health care delays Delawareonline.com we are doing and how we can improve," said state Department of Correction Commissioner Perry Phelps in a statement Wednesday. "We appreciate

DOC turns to telemedicine because of doctor security fears following riot Delawareonline.com , Baylor Women's Correctional Institution, Howard R. Young Correctional Institution and Sussex Correctional Institution primarily use

Why America’s Prisons Need ‘Systemic Change’ The Crime Report , they are still absent. For 11 years, I worked in the corrections department of Montgomery County, Maryland,, where we ran such programs,

Will more oversight fix Washington's Department of Corrections? The News Tribune

Greening corrections impacts more than the environment CorrectionsOne Committee is the largest active national committee of the American Correctional Association (ACA), according to Paul Sheldon, consultant and

Angola's Camp J has been closed due to crumbling infrastructure Louisiana Radio Network a day. Department of Corrections Secretary James LeBlanc says the camp was no longer safe for use. “It is a staff safety issue, an offender

Judge promises quick decision on suits over how Nebraska obtained execution drugs Starherald.com Journal Star and the ACLU of Nebraska against the State Department of Correctional Services over the release of documents related to how the

 

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AROUND THE NATION   Editorial: Va. making strides on solitary confinement Fredericksburg.com mental health treatment and who chooses to do bad things or make bad decisions simply because they are inherently bad people. Mental health

Major changes at N.J. women's prison facing federal sex abuse investigation NJ.com

Why is 1 in 10 Philly inmates still confined 'in the hole'? Philly.com 1 percent, the Houston Chronicle reported recently. The American Correctional Association also issued new policies in 2016 barring long-term

Prison report calls for better patient health management Delaware State News prisons’ “sick call” process. Correction officials said Wednesday, the study — performed by National Conference on Correctional Health Care

In month after deadly prison riot, the fallout at Lee Correctional builds TheState.com

Review shows Vaughn inmates have long waits for medical treatment Delaware Public Media . The $25 thousand independent medical assessment from the National Conference on Correctional Health Care shows medical treatment is being

Report: Staff shortage at Vaughn prison contributes to health care delays Delawareonline.com we are doing and how we can improve," said state Department of Correction Commissioner Perry Phelps in a statement Wednesday. "We appreciate

 

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