Fitness & Health
3,300 jails across the country have become treatment centers of last resort for people with serious mental illnesses, most arrested for non-violent crimes
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Two university studies show that front-line staffers laboring inside the razor wire of 14 prisons live in a world of staggering mental and physical tumult
County prison warden said he doesn’t expect protocol to change in the wake of Sunday night’s inmate suicide
Death of inmate occurred under the same warden who’s security flaws lead to the fatal stabbing of a CO
Authorities say a 23-year-old man died while in custody after jumping over a railing and falling 13 feet at the Blaine County Jail in central Idaho
The wearable fitness products simplify keeping track of one’s daily activities
Lawmakers peppered correction, health officials with questions on how to reduce violence and better care for a growing mentally ill inmate population
Inmates with serious mental illnesses won’t be placed in solitary confinement in Colorado under a new law
Says jail has become dumping ground for people who need mental health care
He outlined a number of measures to bring down the sudden spike in violence in New York jails
A Muslim chaplain at the State Correctional Institution in Coal Township has filed a federal lawsuit against the state Department of Corrections and prison authorities after being allegedly held against his will at the prison
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