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From the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation By: Michael Rushford The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has released a new report on recidivism rates for prisoners released in Fiscal…
Drug overdose deaths in California state prisons rebounded to near record levels last year even as corrections officials touted the state’s intervention methods as a model for prisons and jails…
We started The Toughest Beat to provide a place for information and communication sharing with correctional professionals and the need for education in this field. Only a few months into…
Two Florida Corrections Officers were fired after a now-viral video shows one of them slapping an inmate. Now, the Florida Department of Corrections says the officers are under criminal investigation.…
Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), and Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced the Pay Our Correctional Officers Fairly Act, a bipartisan effort to address staffing shortages and ensure fair…
Kim and Khloé Kardashian were spotted visiting two prisons in Chowchilla, Central California, on Friday, according to ABC 30 Fresno. The first prison the sisters visited was the Central California…
It made sense to us when it happened. However explaining it to supervisors can be a challenge.
A different class of criminal is serving time inside San Diego County jails, and it’s creating a more violent atmosphere. That’s the explanation from the sheriff’s department after new data…
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