What Each State Spends Per Prisoner and Recidivism Rates
The Toughest Beat compiled a list of what every state correctional agency pays per prisoner on average. Also listed are current recidivism rates for state prisoners.
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The Toughest Beat compiled a list of what every state correctional agency pays per prisoner on average. Also listed are current recidivism rates for state prisoners.
by Natalie Hanson The feds have won the first round in a battle over facial-hair religious exemptions for California correctional officers, as the United States seeking to stop the state…
According to VADOC, Inmate Richard Joseph Bottoms, 49, filed a Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) claim against a VADOC employee at State Farm Correctional Center in June 2023. Bottoms “continually…
from Mlive.com by Cole Waterman An ill-advised and shocking practical joke within the Saginaw County Jail has left a corrections officer out of job. Earlier this month, Saginaw County Sheriff…
by The Associated Press An inmate used a gun to kill a kitchen worker at a Georgia prison early Sunday before fatally shooting himself, state officials said. The Georgia Department…
from Inland Vally Daily Bulletin by Nelson Espinal An inmate in custody on a murder charge tried to stab another inmate and a deputy this week with a makeshift knife…
This Thursday, California lawmakers passes the state budget for fiscal year 2024-25. The budget, in the form of Assembly Bill 107, fills a state-reported deficit of $46.9 billion for the…
On June 9, 2024, Inmate Rico Bell, 48, attacked his visitor at California State Prison – Los Angeles. Inmate Bell was with his approved visitor when he took an inmate-manufactured…