News Archive
Recent events, organized by category, concerning correctional
administration and life inside prison
Classification / Placement / Risk
Assessment
Community-Corrections
Contraband
Correctional Officers
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Prosecutors Get Reports On Prison Brutality Claims
Associated Press Newswires
,
8/19/2008
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New details emerge in Atwater guard's killing
The Turlock Journal
,
8/15/2008
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Correctional Officers Become End-of-Life Caretakers: Winnebago County Jail Partners With Local Hospice to Provide Care to Terminally Ill Inmate
Corrections Today
,
8/1/2008
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Inmate Charged With Rape, Murder Of Corrections Officer
Central Florida News
,
6/26/2008
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Officers allegedly assaulted by seven prisoners
WHDH
,
6/8/2007
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Be on guard: Use 'correctional officer'
Greeley Tribune
,
6/7/2007
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Prison nurses look forward to new facility
Plattsburgh Press Republican
,
6/2/2007
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Province looks to protect guards
The Whig-Standard
,
6/2/2007
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Two inmates stabbed in fight at Jessup
Baltimore Sun
,
6/2/2007
Drugs / Substance Abuse
Education
Health
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Inmates' attorney calls jail system 'unsafe' Class-action lawsuit dates to 1977, targets treatment, conditions
The Mesa Tribune
,
8/11/2008
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Iowa fails its mentally ill citizens at every level
DesMoinesRegister
,
6/4/2007
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New York prison creates dementia unit
Boston Globe
,
6/3/2007
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New York prison creates dementia unit as inmate population ages
International Herald Tribune
,
5/28/2007
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Responding to ACLU Demands, California Prisons Allow Same-Sex Couples Access to Family Visitation
ACLU press release
,
5/15/2007
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Medical Contracting Company Loses Suit In Death Of Inmate
NBC6.net
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5/15/2007
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Mentally ill inmates face a cruel system
Newsday
,
5/6/2007
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Vendor to inspect jail food operation
The Wichita Eagle
,
4/26/2007
- Gwinnett
County Detention Center Inmate Died from Meningitis
Infection
Prison Life / Inmates
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War hero tackles US over degrading prison conditions
Independent On Sunday
,
8/9/2011
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Yale Law School Colloquium Examines Prison Conditions
M2 Presswire
,
3/1/2010
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States make prisons far less deadly ; Separating gang leaders from general population one tactic
USA Today
,
8/22/2008
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Parolee offers inside look at prison life
Associated Press Newswires
,
12/25/2007
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Prison life tough, but life after jail can be harder
Straits Times
,
9/9/2007
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Prison locked down following fights
Hagerstown Morning Herald
,
6/15/2007
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Prisoner claims abuse caused him to run
Adrian Daily Telegram
,
6/8/2007
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Vote on New Rules for Jail Inmates Is Delayed
New York Times
,
6/7/2007
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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
Technology
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Inmates get inboxes: Federal prisoners using monitored e-mail to connect with family, friends
Associated Press Newswires
,
8/17/2008
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Dial-a-breathalyzer: Gadget monitors county inmates
HeraldNet
,
6/8/2007
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Jail suffers computer glitches
Fresno Bee
,
6/8/2007
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GPS tracking of offenders
Deseret News
,
6/3/2007
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Microchips bad idea
Muskogee Daily Phoenix
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6/3/2007
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Nevada prison looks to WAN acceleration for IT upgrade
Computerworld
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5/30/2007
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Nevada Department of Corrections Selects Blue Coat to Optimize WAN for New Inmate Tracking System
TMC Net
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5/15/2007
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Government, financial self-service deployments solve real-world problems
Self Service (press release)
,
5/15/2007
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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
Tuberculosis / AIDS
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