Recent Corrections News

• Ala. corrections officer charged in lacing of inmates' cigarettes

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  Authorities said the CO placed an irritant on the inmates' cigarettes, which led to respiratory issues

• 19 women allege medical abuse at Ga. immigration jail

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  Medical experts found an "alarming pattern" in which Dr. Mahendra Amin allegedly subjected the women to unwarranted gynecological surgeries

• Maine CO falls asleep, crashes into parked car after working OT shift

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  Trevor Gagnon, 22, was taken to the hospital to be treated for injuries to his head and legs

• Fla. sheriff: Mix-up kept pregnant inmate in jail until after giving birth

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  Sheriff Gregory Tony said his office tried to find "an alternative to incarceration" for Stephanie Bretas

• Officials: Delayed state response fueled NY prison COVID-19 outbreak

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  The outbreak has spread into surrounding communities since it was first detected earlier this month

• Advocates file complaint over Texas youth prison conditions

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  The groups say inadequate staffing has made chaos commonplace in five rural facilities

• Video: LEO, CO face off in ‘dance battle’ for breast cancer awareness

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  It was police versus corrections, Georgia versus Florida in a salsa dance battle for the ages – and all for a good cause

• Judge questions New Orleans' request to halt mental health jail construction

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  Jail officials testified about the need to give inmates with serious mental health problems proper treatment

• Attorney general: Md. corrections officer faked $74K in overtime

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  Since July 2019, Brent Spooner falsely claimed approximately 80 hours of overtime each pay period

• Court: San Quentin must release or transfer inmates due to lack of COVID care

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  A state appeals court took the unprecedented step of ordering at least half of the prison's 2,900 inmates transferred or released

• Video review: Officer dives down courthouse stairs to prevent suspect's escape

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  Court security officers must be ready at any given moment to respond to a critical incident in the courtroom

• Governor signs bill to release thousands of NJ inmates

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  The law takes effect in 16 days, meaning the first wave of releases will happen the day after Election Day

• 2 Ohio jail inmates released by mistake, marking 5th time this year

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  Officials said one inmate is back in the Cuyahoga County Jail, but another remains at-large

• Attempt to ban ICE from Okla. county jail fails again

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  They came one vote short of passing a ban on ICE officers and a ban on honoring ICE "holds" on inmates

• Election supervisors: Memo won't lead to purge of Fla. felons from voter rolls

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  More than a dozen county elections supervisors said it is too late to remove anyone from the voter rolls

• Officials fired: Problems with 2nd birth at Fla. jail

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  The woman was complaining about contractions and labor pains more than 12 hours before giving birth

• Feds to execute woman who killed victim, cut baby from womb

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  Lisa Montgomery is scheduled to be the first female inmate put to death by the U.S. government in more than six decades

• Justice grant for $898K hailed as game-changer by NY county exec

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  A federal grant announced Friday will help people who might otherwise go to jail improve their lives instead

• Sheriff: Ala. CO fired after tampering with inmates' cigarettes

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  The incident involved the CO placing an irritant on the inmates' cigarettes, which led to respiratory issues

• New Mich. prison mail policy: Inmates to only receive photocopies

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  The change is meant to stop the spread of contraband into correctional facilities

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