Recent Corrections News

• Officials: Fugitives who escaped Alcatraz 60 years ago could still be out there

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  The men would be in their 90s if they're still alive

• Alabama OKs $725M bond sale to build 2 supersize prisons

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  Critics of the construction plan argue the state is ignoring the bigger issues — prison staffing levels and leadership — to focus on buildings

• Police: Suspect smuggled gun into jail before killing Ark. detention officer

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  The suspect was changing out of civilian clothes when he shot 21-year-old Officer Jeremiah Story

• Manhunt underway for Ala. inmate who escaped custody, stole ambulance

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  Phillip Shane Bradford overpowered the sheriff’s deputy who took him to the hospital and fled in an ambulance, the sheriff’s office said

• Ark. corrections officer fatally shot by man being booked

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  The 37-year-old suspect had just been arrested by deputies

• Philly's troubled jails would get independent oversight in proposed ballot measure

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  The oversight board would be just one of several new outside authorities brought in to monitor or course-correct the jails

• 4 inmates who escaped prison satellite camp back in custody

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  Bureau officials did not release any details about the escape

• Calif. state LEOs, COs to receive $1,500 pandemic bonuses

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  State employee unions have been making cases for bonuses since early in the pandemic

• After turmoil in youth jails, COs from adult prisons respond with UOF authorization

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  The temporary approval of such tactics is a sign of increasingly desperate conditions inside Louisiana's aging and understaffed juvenile jails

• Policy violation does not equal constitutional violation

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  The court highlights the differences in a policy violation vs. a constitutional violation in a case involving a jail suicide

• How to boost your organization’s cybersecurity, including getting grant funding (infographic)

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  As ransomware and other attacks continue to threaten public safety organizations, here’s how to guard against these events

• Judge dismisses N.Y. CO union's HALT solitary legislation lawsuit

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  New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association has argued that HALT will lead to increased violence in state prisons

• 1 of 4 who escaped federal prison satellite camp surrenders

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  The U.S. Marshals Service is offering a reward of up to $2,000 per escapee

• Do the hard things

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  There’s an old saying about easy times making soft people. That’s where we are right now and it all stems from our fear of challenge

• 4 inmates escape prison's satellite camp in Va.; search underway

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  Officials did not release any details about how the inmates escaped

• At least 20 juveniles spark riot in La. detention center same day 5 escape

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  Up to 50 SWAT officers were called in to control the situation at the Bridge City Center for Youth facility

• Statue honoring fallen Calif. corrections officer unveiled

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  Jose Rivera lost his life in the line of duty at the age of 22, when he was murdered by two inmates in 2008

• Mass. Senate passes bill banning prison, jail construction for 5 years

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  The moratorium also bars expansions, conversions or renovations to an existing facility

• Man convicted of killing 2 COs in prison bus escape sentenced to death

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  Prosecutors portrayed Ricky Dubose as a cunning and calculated killer, one who deserved the ultimate punishment

• Neb. county approves funding, creating new juvenile services position

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  The JDAI program looks for alternatives for detaining juveniles

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