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2012/05/28 01:26
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Prisoners given patches as jail bans smoking Inmates at a maximum-security prison in the central west of New South Wales will be issued with free nicotine patches when a smoking ban comes into force...
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2012/05/28 01:04
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SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) - Inside one of Honduras' most dangerous and overcrowded prisons, inmates operate a free-market bazaar, selling everything from iPhones to prostitutes. It's more like a...
2012/05/28 01:02
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Rodney Berget lives in a single cell on South Dakota's death row, rarely leaving the tiny room where he awaits execution for bludgeoning a prison guard to death with a pipe...
2012/05/27 21:24
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A search is underway for a missing state prison inmate. Department of Corrections leaders say Derek Bissonette, 25, walked away from the Rapid City Minimum Unit Sunday. Bissonette is a Native...
2012/05/27 10:43
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I receive more calls about the difficulties ex-offenders encounter when they are looking for work than any other issue. Even before these trying economic times, many employers tossed the applications...
2012/05/27 07:58
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Hours after a needle fed another round of toxic chemotherapy into her veins, Sandra Knott wondered aloud whether she would survive to don the crisp uniform of a state correctional officer again. "I...
2012/05/27 05:40
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By Shavonne Potts spotts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The state closed four minimum security prison facilities as a way to reduce spending last year. The Cabarrus Correctional Facility was one of...
2012/05/27 04:50
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A hunger strike by some inmates at Red Onion State Prison over alleged abusive conditions is apparently over. "As of breakfast this morning, there are no inmates on hunger strike. All have now...
2012/05/27 04:43
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THERE ARE reports of daily unrest among prisoners and a critical shortage of food at Her Majesty’s Prisons Dodds. However, Superintendent of Prisons Lieutenant Colonel John Nurse denies there is any...
2012/05/27 04:37
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio juvenile detention center considered in crisis less than a year ago due to gang violence and other problems has become a safe and well-managed facility, according to a...
2012/05/27 03:05
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ATLANTA — Faced with rising prison costs, Georgia corrections officials are releasing a growing number of sick and elderly inmates to save millions of dollars in medical spending. The use of medical...
2012/05/27 00:52
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COLUMBUS — During a session of the Ohio House of Representatives, State Reps. Terry Johnson, R-McDermott, and Ryan Smith, R-Gallipolis, on Wednesday presented Correction Officer William J. Bauer II...
2012/05/26 21:51
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NM jail official in bribes case avoids jail Posted at: 05/26/2012 3:48 PM ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A former New Mexico jail officer who authorities said took cash from inmates to let them out has...
2012/05/26 19:44
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This photo, taken in April 2006, shows how crowded the gym was at Donovan state prison when it had to house inmates. — Howard Lipin County sheriff's deputies have more inmates to monitor under a...
2012/05/26 18:53
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One wing of the North Las Vegas jail was closed and 70 non-violent inmates were released after dozens of workers -- covering 49 shifts -- called in sick, police said Friday. "That's unsustainable for...
2012/05/26 17:46
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Police and corrections officials in Maryland are looking for an inmate who walked away from his work assignment. Police say 30-year-old Jermaine Jeter left a Baltimore detention facility Friday...
2012/05/26 15:57
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STONY MOUNTAIN, MANITOBA--(Marketwire - May 26, 2012) - On May 25, 2012, inmate Calvin Reginald Godfrey from Stony Mountain Institution was found unresponsive. Correctional Officers immediately...
2012/05/26 14:09
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McALESTER — I am very concerned with the budget for the Department of Corrections. As in most departments/agencies, there was no increase in the budget. But, within the department there is an...
2012/05/26 05:44
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YOUNGSTOWN A judge ruled the city didn’t violate any laws when it enacted a $1 per-prisoner, per-day tax on private prisons. The decision means Corrections Corporation of America owes the city about...
2012/05/26 04:08
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Two Kentucky prisons received high honors from a National Association. The Western Kentucky Correctional Complex in Caldwell County received a 100 percent accreditation this week. It's the first...