Recent Corrections News

• The 4 Cs of inmate management

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  Maintaining order involves more than just searching and counting inmates and performing inspections. It involves understanding your inmate population

• 'We aren't losing nearly as many COs': Ga. gov.'s pay raises help recruit, retain COs

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  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

• Contraband cellphones, coded messages help Mexican Mafia operate in Calif. prisons

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  In 2022, over 6,700 phones were seized, which were used to traffic in drugs, collect money and orchestrate murders, according to testimony

• 'Long time coming': County jails sue Ky. over cost of housing state inmates

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  The suit says counties are unfairly stuck with the costs of housing, feeding and providing medical and psychiatric care for inmates

• Officers intercept meth, large bags of tobacco, other contraband intended for Texas prison

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  Deputies seized one pound ten ounces of methamphetamine, 30 cellular telephones, 44 large bags of tobacco and three small bags of marijuana

• Calif. lawmaker reintroduces bill to restrict the use of solitary confinement by jails and prisons

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  The bill would limit confinement to no more than 15 consecutive days and prohibit placing anyone in solitary who is pregnant or has a physical or mental disability

• Court backs firing of N.J. prison officer for derogatory post about George Floyd

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  The ex-officer also posted a photo of protestors lying on a street and wrote, “I would run them over no problem lol (laughing tears of joy emoji) didn’t see it"

• S.C. Supreme Court requests additional info regarding state's attempts to acquire lethal injection drugs

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  The order means that it could be four more months until justices decide whether a newly organized firing squad or the electric chair are legal methods of execution

• Calif. prison inmates to get some Medicaid care

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  Inmates will be allowed access to limited services, including substance use treatment and mental health diagnoses

• Texas death row inmates sue over solitary confinement

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  The lawsuit was filed on behalf of 182 inmates over "some of the most brutal death row conditions in the country"

• Okla. appeals court agrees to slow pace of executions

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  Executions will now be held at least 60 days apart rather than every 30 days in the state

• DOJ report: Louisiana often holds inmates beyond release dates

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  The federal department said the state could face a possible lawsuit in mid-March if it doesn't fix the problems

• Governor creates commission to study Arizona prison problems

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  The group will examine inmate access to food, medicine and sanitary products; whether prison staffing levels are adequate; and the overall condition of the prisons

• N.H. state corrections officer collapses, dies while on duty

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  Lawrence Prather, 43, began his career with the New Hampshire Department of Corrections in 2017

• Video: Officers arrest escaped Mo. inmates after traffic stop turns into pursuit

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  The inmates forced their way through a jail door, made their way to the roof of the building and eventually the ground before taking off on foot

• Prosecutors to Congress: Let state prisons jam cellphones

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  The 22 attorney generals said the devices allow prisoners to plot violence and carry out crimes

• Riot at Fla. youth center ends with 10 arrests, several staff member injuries

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  Two pods were rioting, fighting staff, throwing desks and chairs, and tearing down cameras and light fixtures

• Gov. plans raises for Ky. state juvenile system employees, starting at $50K salary

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  Youth workers at the detention centers will now be re-classified as COs under the new plan

• Ariz. pauses executions amid review of death penalty process

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  “Arizona has a history of mismanaged executions that have resulted in serious questions and concerns about execution protocols,” Gov. Katie Hobbs said

• Jay-Z-funded lawsuits end as Miss. improves prison conditions

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  The lawsuits were dismissed after the inmates' attorneys and the DOC said improvements to inmate living conditions had been made

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