Recent Corrections News

• Ala. graduates biggest class of new COs since 2019

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  Officials cite salary increases for new COs and differential pay as reasons for increased interest in corrections careers

• $700K radio purchase approved for Ind. jail, community corrections employees

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  The American Rescue Plan funds allocation will provide every CO with a panic button-equipped portable radio

• CO's union opposes closing Wash. DoC facility

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  Union says the plan to close the Larch Corrections Center "will harm workers, incarcerated individuals and their families"

• Cellphones, pills confiscated from Texas jail

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  The contraband seizure is part of an ongoing Texas Department of Criminal Justice search of facilities in the state

• Senators scold Bureau of Prisons director for lack of transparency

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  There is bi-partisan agreement that the BoP "needs significantly more funding" for staffing and addressing a $2 billion maintenance backlog

• How law enforcement captured Danelo Cavalcante

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  The 2-week manhunt ended with the help of burglar alarm response, thermal imaging cameras and a Border Patrol K-9 named Yoda

• Public invited to tour new Minn. jail

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  Jail staff will show visitors the booking area, administration offices, housing units and the jail kitchen

• Drug detection is elementary for Fla. jail K-9s Holmes and Watson

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  The German Shorthaired Pointers and their handlers will detect drugs in Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office jails and courthouse holding areas

• Police K-9 subdues escaped Pa. murderer during capture

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  Danelo Cavalcante — still armed with a rifle — tried to evade capture by crawling through thick underbrush but was bitten by a K-9

• Opinion: Pa. county prisons need more state support

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  Package of proposed bills would improve conditions and security at jails for the benefit of staff, inmates and the public

• Ex-cop turned killer dies on Calif. death row

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  Anthony “Jack” Sully, 79, died of natural causes at a medical facility outside of the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center

• Jailed terrorist requests ADX Florence Supermax release

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  Abu Hamza, a former imam featured on the "Preachers of Hate" series, is serving a life sentence on charges of terrorism and kidnapping

• Police: Escaped Pa. murderer Danelo Cavalcante is armed, residents should stay inside

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  Officials say state police are authorized to use deadly force if Cavalcante isn’t actively surrendering

• How you can be more productive as a corrections professional

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  Your productivity may be dependent on your interpersonal skills

• N.Y. sex offender sues over mustard, ketchup packet nutrition labeling

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  While awaiting sentencing of 10 years to life, David Lettieri has filed 51 lawsuits since November engaging "in a pattern of abuse of the judicial process"

• Pa. legislators make plans to improve prison security, staffing

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  Recent escapes in county jails have representatives increasingly concerned about security and punishing escapees

• CO shot, killed off duty; Wash. police arrest suspect

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  Dan Spaeth, 22, was killed in "what appears to be a senseless act of violence" as he attempted to slow vehicle traffic for deer crossing the road

• Danelo Cavalcante changes appearance, slips out of search area

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  Officials vow to "aggressively continue" the search for the escaped murderer and are confident the fugitive will be captured

• US Penitentiary Atlanta welcomes first cohort of college students to Georgia State University

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  Along with fall freshmen all over the country, adults in custody at USP Atlanta were officially admitted and began their first semester of collegiate courses

• FEMA announces nationwide emergency alert test

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  The test will run Oct. 4 at 2:20 p.m. ET to TVs, radios and cell phones

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