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The proposed plan also includes pay raises for inspectors and probation officers, while designating millions for infrastructure and equipment needs
Instead of giving 2% or 3% raises, Gov. Brian Kemp and lawmakers approved an across-the-board $5K raise last year and are proposing $2K in 2023
Youth workers at the detention centers will now be re-classified as COs under the new plan
Their need for strong tools to cut their way out had led to investigators believing they must have had help
Deputies determined that inmate had been on the run more than an hour and a half before the sheriff’s office was called
The cameras also have an interesting feature that automatically redacts faces, body parts and other objects
Lack of support, compensation, exposure to disease and no sick leave are contributing factors to issues cited by the union
A push is underway in New Mexico to lengthen prison terms and let judges deny bail
The state closed its large, long-term psychiatric hospitals but filled its prisons with a similar population
Now, even those who were convicted long ago must be considered for parole or given a new sentence
Currently, Harris County has 32 people assigned to the combined office of Inspector General and Internal Affairs Division
The men had filed unrelated but similar lawsuits against the city for wrongful convictions
The proposal would allow copayments of up to $10 for every self-initiated, non-emergency visit
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The justices said a Superior Court judge erred last year in declaring that a confession given to police in 1991 was inadmissible
Ninety-four-year-old Carlos Tapia-Ponce is doing life for running a Colombia-to-Los Angeles drug trafficking operation
Brandon Astor Jones, 72, is scheduled to be put to death Feb. 2 at the state prison in Jackson
Police say it was a scheme to obtain prescription narcotics, synthetic marijuana, tobacco and pornography
Whether a fight in the yard, a fall down the steps in the tiers, or a take-down that gets out of hand, blunt trauma is a common emergency situation in a correctional facility
He had been in segregation since April 2013 after he was suspected of killing his cellmate
Mexican officials have said the meeting helped them track down El Chapo
He praised corrections officers and prison employees as ‘unsung heroes’ for their work
An indictment accuses 17 people of participating in a drug trafficking ring that distributed significant quantities of meth
The incident is under investigation by the state police and the sheriff’s department
The court said it applied to each case, even if a prisoner’s bank account is depleted
Good-time needs to be desired — it needs to be a tangible possibility for inmates while simultaneously being hard to acquire
Four months later, they are still haunted and their struggles showing how the scars of a mass shooting can stretch beyond victims
Eric Williams was equipped only with keys, handcuffs and radio when he was killed during a lockdown on Feb. 25, 2013
The prisons are adjusting their books to address an $11M budget cut
Across the facility, 205 of about 957 inmates — more than one in five prisoners — in November received psychiatric services
The inmate died after jail officers found him unresponsive in an intake cell
Six deputies were put on restricted duty after the encounter
The suspect got out of his vehicle and opened fire in an ‘unprovoked’ attack before running away
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