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By Brooke Butler A prison warden is recovering after the Georgia Department of Corrections said an inmate assaulted him with a homemade weapon. According to the GDC, it happened at…
In 2016 the California voters showed that the citizens of California wanted to keep the death penalty. Proposition 66 passed by voters to speed up executions. Shortly after, Governor Newsom…
On March 18, 2024 two correctional officers were attacked by inmates in two separate incidents. Inmate Armenta resisted being placed in handcuffs by a correctional officer. During the struggle, the…
From: City News Service Authorities today announced that 13 members or associates of the Mexican Mafia prison gang have been charged by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office for…
I know this blog is followed mainly by people already in the corrections profession. However, I have received enough questions regarding inmate discipline from folks outside of corrections I decided…
In a rare instance of good common sense, the Oklahoma House of Representatives passed a bill that prohibits the mingling of opposite genders in state prisons. House Bill 3022 makes…
It is very unfortunate, but California correctional officers get battered on almost a daily basis. Most of these violent attacks against officers are reported internally, however not reported to the…
From Courthouse News Service By Alan Riquelmy The state of California faces some $94 million in sanctions after a federal judge on Friday found it had failed to meet court-ordered…
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