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From KCCI Des Moines. The Iowa Department of Corrections told lawmakers its prisons are getting safer, even as it continues to fight chronic overcrowding. About 8,200 people are behind bars…
Several staff members at Rhode Island’s Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) were injured during an incident involving an inmate over the weekend. An inmate at the medium-security facility assaulted two correctional…
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…
The California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation uses discipline to maintain control and promote socially desirable changes in the attitude and behavior of inmates. At least that is what inmate…
Over the Superbowl Sunday weekend, several inmates attacked officers at prisons throughout the state of California. One attack, being investigated as an attempted murder, happened to a free staff member.…
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…
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…
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