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On February 23, Kern Valley State Prison initiated a lockdown of the prison (modified program) due to several instances of violence towards staff members. Starting on Monday, February 20, with…
From Dayton Daily News By: Kristen Spicker A lawsuit alleges Dayton Correctional Institution, its staff and the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction were negligent in protecting and caring for…
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…
Thanks to Defund the Police movements and Governor Newsom, crime is up in California and police are understandably a little hesitant to be proactive. The logical extension of this is…
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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