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Department of Justice Releases 2012 Report on Local Jail and State Prison Deaths by Matthew Clarke The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice released a December 2012 report entitled "Mortality in Local Jails and State Prisons, 2000-2010 - Statistical Tables." The report showed that 4,150 state …
Article • January 13, 2015
Colorado: Parole Board’s Track Record Difficult to Assess by Colorado: Parole Board’s Track Record Difficult to Assess The killing of Tom Clements, executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC), made national news. Investigation ultimately connected the high-profile killing to a prisoner who was erroneously released from prison years …
Article • January 13, 2015
CMC Nurse Arrested for Having Sex with Syracuse Jail Prisoner by CMC Nurse Arrested for Having Sex with Syracuse Jail Prisoner Beth A. Ours, 37, a Correctional Medical Care (CMC) nurse who worked at the Justice Center jail in Syracuse, New York, was arrested on December 4, 2012, and charged …
Third Prisoner Dies at Illinois’ Overcrowded Menard Prison by Third Prisoner Dies at Illinois’ Overcrowded Menard Prison   by Derek Gilna   One of the jobs of prison officials in any department of corrections is not only to protect the public from possibly dangerous individuals, but also protect the older …
Article • January 13, 2015
Report Says Texas State Jails an Expensive Failure in Need of Reform by Report Says Texas State Jails an Expensive Failure in Need of Reform by Matt Clarke According to a November 2012 report published by the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative think tank, the Texas state jail system …
Article • January 13, 2015
Parker County, Texas Jail Uses Prisoners to Make Furniture by Parker County, Texas Jail Uses Prisoners to Make Furniture Larry Jergins, a certified jailer, has taught Parker County Jail trusties woodworking at a cabinet shop in Weatherford, Texas since the jail began a program of furniture making for county and …
Article • January 13, 2015
Louisiana Supreme Court Holds Out-of-State Sex Conviction Subject to Registration by Louisiana Supreme Court Holds Out-of-State Sex Conviction Subject to Registration The Louisiana Supreme Court held the state’s sex offender registration law requires new residents convicted of qualifying offenses to register even where their crime may have occurred well beyond …
Article • January 13, 2015
GEO Group Agrees to End Sexual Harassment; Pays $140,000 Settlement and Implements New Policies by GEO Group Agrees to End Sexual Harassment; Pays $140,000 Settlement and Implements New Policies The nation’s second-largest for profit prison company, the GEO Group, agreed to pay $140,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought …
Article • January 13, 2015
Ohio ACLU Report Exposes State's Unconstitutional Debtors' Prisons by Ohio ACLU Report Exposes State's Unconstitutional Debtors' Prisons An investigative report by Ohio's chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has revealed that a majority of the state's municipal courts are running modern-day debtors' prisons by jailing poor defendants who …
Article • January 13, 2015
Local Officials Decry Economic Disaster from Closure of North Carolina Prison by Local Officials Decry Economic Disaster from Closure of North Carolina Prison North Carolina officials plan to close the Robeson Correctional Center (RCC) because the state’s prison population has declined by 10 percent. Local officials are urging state legislators …
Article • January 13, 2015
Drug Makers Refuse to Sell Propofol for Death Row Executions by Drug Makers Refuse to Sell Propofol for Death Row Executions Two more pharmaceutical companies have joined efforts to keep propofol - the anesthetic that contributed to pop star Michael Jackson's death – from being used in state executions of …
Article • January 13, 2015
Tennessee Dumps Corizon for Higher Bidder on Prison Health Care Contract by Tennessee Dumps Corizon for Higher Bidder on Prison Health Care Contract The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) has awarded its prisoner health care contract to Centurion, a company formed when MHM Services and Centene Corp. merged. TDOC’s current …
Article • January 13, 2015
San Francisco Settles Class Action Lawsuit Over Jail Strip Searches by San Francisco Settles Class Action Lawsuit Over Jail Strip Searches In March 2013, San Francisco agreed to settle a decade-old class action lawsuit by pre-arraignment arrestees challenging the sheriff’s department’s strip-search policy. In exchange for a lump sum payment …
Article • January 13, 2015
Report Analyzes New Jersey Jail Population by Report Analyzes New Jersey Jail Population In partnership with the Drug Policy Alliance, Luminosity has issued a report that analyzes New Jersey’s jail population. The study’s goal “is to use this profile to identify opportunities to responsibly reduce New Jersey’s jail population while …
Article • January 13, 2015
Orleans Parish Prison Gone Wild! Video Shocks Court and Community by Orleans Parish Prison Gone Wild! Video Shocks Court and Community Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman has been under pressure in recent years to clean up the Orleans Parish Prison. He has agreed to a proposed federal consent decree, but …
Article • January 13, 2015
New Orleans Police and Judicial Corruption Saga Continues by New Orleans Police and Judicial Corruption Saga Continues Investigations by local and federal officials are uncovering a dynasty of nepotism operating within New Orleans’ judiciary system and the sheriff’s office. The probes have uncovered several cozy deals, and at least one …
Article • January 13, 2015
Idaho DOC Accused of Opening Legal Mail to Smear Prisoner’s Legal Assistant by Idaho DOC Accused of Opening Legal Mail to Smear Prisoner’s Legal Assistant An Idaho federal district ruled that a legal assistant appointed to assist a prisoner in a civil rights action overstepped her role by becoming embroiled …
Article • January 13, 2015
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Cook County Prisoners Duel Russian Prisoners in Online Chess by Derek Gilna Cook County, IL, Prisoners Duel Russian Prisoners in Online Chess by Derek Gilna County jail can be a pretty grim place, especially Cook County Jail, one of the largest and most dangerous in the country. However, at least …
Bipartisan Congressional Committee to Reduce Federal Criminal Code by Derek Gilna Bipartisan Congressional Committee to Reduce Federal Criminal Code by Derek Gilna There’s nothing like a good financial crisis in the federal government to focus politicians’ minds on saving money wherever they can, especially for their own pet projects. According …
Article • January 13, 2015
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Arkansas Jail Closed After Escapes, Might “Put A Hurt” on Bail Business by Arkansas Jail Closed After Escapes, Might “Put A Hurt” on Bail Business The Yell County Sheriff's Office (YCSO) closed its jail in Dardanelle, Arkansas in March 2013 after three prisoners escaped by strong-arming the lone guard working …
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