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News Archive

Recent events, organized by category, concerning correctional administration and life inside prison

Classification / Placement / Risk Assessment

Moving a 'last resort' for CSC

Mission City Record , 6/15/2007
Controversy Continues Over Moving Prisoners Across State Lines

NBC11.com , 6/14/2007
New unit will house Iowa's "special needs" prisoners

Radio Iowa , 6/4/2007
New Inmate Tracking System in Oklahoma

KTEN , 5/12/2007
Early release risk downplayed

The Sacramento Bee , 5/6/2007

Community-Corrections
Contraband

PRISON CORRUPTION CITED ALLEGATIONS AGAINST 21 OFFICERS IN REPORTS ON GUARD'S DEATH

The Baltimore Sun , 3/5/2008
Bid to smuggle contraband into Lucas County jail brings 4-year term

Toledo Blade , 6/15/2007
Carbon changes inmate search policy

Allentown Morning Call , 5/31/2007
Correctional Service of Canada: Lockdown at Edmonton Institution

CCNMatthews (press release) , 5/25/2007
Former guard becomes inmate

Washington Times , 5/14/2007

Correctional Officers

Officers allegedly assaulted by seven prisoners

WHDH , 6/8/2007
Be on guard: Use 'correctional officer'

Greeley Tribune , 6/7/2007
Prison nurses look forward to new facility

Plattsburgh Press Republican , 6/2/2007
Province looks to protect guards

The Whig-Standard , 6/2/2007
Two inmates stabbed in fight at Jessup

Baltimore Sun , 6/2/2007

Drugs / Substance Abuse

Prison crisis looming Meth, overcrowding straining resources

Reno Gazette Journal , 5/14/2007
Gang member sentenced to prison

Austin American-Statesman , 2/6/2007
8 ARRESTED IN CHICAGO DRUG BUST

The Chicago Sun-Times , 12/23/2006
Mexican Mafia gang leader gets 168 months in prison

The Orange County Register , 12/18/2006
19 arrested on drugs, weapons charges in roundup of reputed Bloods members

Courier-News , 12/14/2006

Education

Education Opens Doors At Prison

Dunn Daily Record , 5/14/2007
�Riot� in Streets Of Moundsville

The Intelligencer , 5/8/2007

Health

Iowa fails its mentally ill citizens at every level

DesMoinesRegister , 6/4/2007
New York prison creates dementia unit

Boston Globe , 6/3/2007
New York prison creates dementia unit as inmate population ages

International Herald Tribune , 5/28/2007
Responding to ACLU Demands, California Prisons Allow Same-Sex Couples Access to Family Visitation

ACLU press release , 5/15/2007
Medical Contracting Company Loses Suit In Death Of Inmate

NBC6.net , 5/15/2007
Mentally ill inmates face a cruel system

Newsday , 5/6/2007
Vendor to inspect jail food operation

The Wichita Eagle , 4/26/2007
Gwinnett County Detention Center Inmate Died from Meningitis Infection

Overcrowding
Prison Gangs

15 alleged gang members facing numerous charges

Regina Leader-Post , 5/23/2007
Gangs on our turf? Police study signs

the Charlotte Observer , 12/21/2006
Locked Down: Gangs in the Supermax
Brazilian prison riot kills seven
New Prison Gang Attacks on Sao Paulo

Prison Life / Inmates

Parolee offers inside look at prison life

Associated Press Newswires , 12/25/2007
Prison locked down following fights

Hagerstown Morning Herald , 6/15/2007
Prisoner claims abuse caused him to run

Adrian Daily Telegram , 6/8/2007
Vote on New Rules for Jail Inmates Is Delayed

New York Times , 6/7/2007
Enter a �Hellish Place�

American.com , 5/16/2007
Public Protest at "Easy Life" Inside Wymott Prison
Scottish Prison Service introduces week-long home leave
50% Canadians believe prison life "too cushy"
Life in prison made falsely-accused Milgaard question own innocence
Do Women Have it Better than Men in Prison?
What do Wardens Think of Prison Sex?
"Make-Believe" Family Relationships exist among Female Texas Prisoners
Study on Inmate Assaults Clears Up Some Myths About Institutional Conditions
Poorer Outlook on Race Relations in Some British Prisons Rather than Others

Riots
Strikes
Suicide

Marion County jail inmate commits suicide

Bradenton Herald , 6/14/2007
Suicide surpasses executions as cause of death on state's death row

KSBY , 6/12/2007
Inmate's hanging a suicide

Uniontown Herald Standard , 6/6/2007
New efforts help drop alarming inmate suicide rate in Calif. prison

The Napa Valley Register , 5/29/2007
Correctional officers avert suicide attempt

North Platte Telegraph , 5/15/2007
Prison suicide questions institutional conditions

Technology

Dial-a-breathalyzer: Gadget monitors county inmates

HeraldNet , 6/8/2007
Jail suffers computer glitches

Fresno Bee , 6/8/2007
GPS tracking of offenders

Deseret News , 6/3/2007
Microchips bad idea

Muskogee Daily Phoenix , 6/3/2007
Nevada prison looks to WAN acceleration for IT upgrade

Computerworld , 5/30/2007
Nevada Department of Corrections Selects Blue Coat to Optimize WAN for New Inmate Tracking System

TMC Net , 5/15/2007
Government, financial self-service deployments solve real-world problems

Self Service (press release) , 5/15/2007
Correctional officers to get tasers

Jacksonville Daily Record , 5/14/2007
Proposal Rejected: Live online footage to monitor Bangkok prison life
CSC Officers get "Stab-Proof" Vests

Treatment / Therapy / Programming

Inside a youth treatment center

Seattle Post Intelligencer , 6/9/2007
Editorial: Helping inmates helps reduce recidivism rate

Burlington Free Press , 6/8/2007
Programs needed for female inmates: Nunavut women's council

CBC , 6/4/2007
Cash cut in model inmate program

Orlando Sentinel , 5/31/2007
Jail operator sold; to focus on re-entry services

Youngstown Vindicator , 5/30/2007
Numbers Crunchers: Data shows programs designed to keep inmates on right path are working

Amesbury News , 5/10/2007
Medical Care in County Jail System is No Small Task

The Signal - Santa Clarita , 5/6/2007
Boundary-Spanners: the New Heroes of Prisoner Reentry?

Tuberculosis / AIDS

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