Recent Corrections News

• NYC mayor faces deadline to submit plan for improving Rikers Island conditions

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  Advocates say a receivership is the only solution and claim Mayor Adams and Correction Commissioner Louis Molina have failed to improve the problems

• Reward upped to $50K for escaped Texas inmate

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  Law enforcement officers and K-9 teams continue to search for convicted murderer Gonzalo Lopez

• 'I want to give back': Inmates train dogs to help veterans with PTSD

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  The dogs are selected for the program based on their temperament and learn 37 different commands over the course of about 14 months

• How does manipulation lead to love and escape?

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  Toby Dorr talks about her path from dog program volunteer to helping convicted murderer John Manard escape from a Lansing, Kansas prison

• 3 La. juvenile inmates recaptured after escaping detention center

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  Officials accused a security guard of helping them escape and driving them off the premises

• Sheriff: Inmate 'erroneously released' from N.C. jail

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  "Our deputies are working diligently to return Quay Davis into custody," Sheriff Garry McFadden said

• Calif. could close three more state prisons, governor's budget says

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  The proposal doesn't say anything about which prisons might be closed

• Search continues for Texas inmate who escaped prison bus

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  A $22,500 reward is being offered for information leading to the capture of Gonzalo Lopez

• Spotlight: Argus Corrections Solutions on a mission to provide a safer environment for corrections officers

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  The products and services the company provides has a direct impact on COs' ability to safely perform their duties

• Texas authorities: Inmate stabs CO, escapes from prison bus

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  Gonzalo Lopez, who's serving a life sentence for murder, escaped after he overpowered the corrections officer

• 2 inmates found dead in same unit at S.C. jail

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  Greenville County Jail staff found the inmates unconscious and paramedics pronounced them dead

• Inmate escapes transport van, gets in shootout with Ind. police

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  Jayme Lopez escaped officers, acquired a firearm and got into a shootout with police at an apartment complex

• The value of having real-time offender information at your fingertips

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  Day-to-day tasks are made safer, more efficient and transparent thanks to mobile apps that allow you to chronical observations, alert you to risks and do work on the go

• How hand-held devices and kiosks open up a world of resources for incarcerated individuals

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  Using mobile technology to access resources can help reduce the burden of incarceration on individuals, families, and facilities alike

• Using technology to reduce recidivism: A novel approach to resident communications and resources

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  From a kiosk, tablet or handheld device, incarcerated residents can maintain critical family ties, access medical care and education and keep track of court dates while increasing public safety staff efficiency

• Advocates push for release of women's prison abuse victims

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  "After failing to protect them, the very least BOP can do now is let these women leave and begin to heal," an official said

• Tenn. sheriff asks for $6.5M to increase correctional officers' salaries

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  Sheriff Jim Hammond said the money will go toward the recruitment and retention of qualified COs

• New Wash. state grant allowing drug possession convictions to be expunged from the record

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  The grant will provide funding for legal and attorneys fees and costs for getting convictions vacated

• Police videos show capture of escaped inmate, corrections officer

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  Several officers are seen subduing Casey White and handcuffing him beside the car wrecked by Vicky White after she drove the vehicle into a ditch

• Calif. county jail COs plan strike, cite dangerous work conditions

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  Officials said they consider the strike illegal and would seek an injunction so essential services aren't interrupted

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