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• After breakouts, riot, Louisiana youth jail to get big security upgrade

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  The city-parish will use $2 million to install as many as 50 metal security doors throughout the facility, as well as upgrade the security camera system

• How to build a layered contraband detection strategy and why it matters (eBook)

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  Learn why a layered screening strategy is so important and how it can help your facility plug holes

• N.C. Sheriff makes appeal for a new jail

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  "I'm afraid someone is going to get hurt or killed on my watch. I don't want to get sued. If I get sued, you all will get sued."

• With Wisc. jail $10 million over budget, board's Black Caucus unveils new plan

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  The Caucus wants to send jail inmates with severe medical needs to local hospitals, build a smaller jail with fewer beds and call for other reforms to address the jail's extreme racial disparities

• Court weighs lawsuit over ties between ankle-monitoring firm, New Orleans judge

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  Two men say a former New Orleans judge forced them to use and pay for ankle monitors from ETOH, a company owned by the judge's former law partner

• Command presence in community corrections

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  Looking and acting the part begins with your very first interaction with clients

• Ohio county jail administrator has 11-point wish list for a new jail

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  After touring newly built jails, Cuyahoga County Jail Administrator Ronda Gibson has design ideas to improve inmate processing, housing and CO training areas

• As prison staff vacancy rate soars, officials propose surveillance wristbands, drones

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  Prison leaders added that adopting more advanced surveillance technology will not only curtail chronic shortages but also streamline information and communications for both inmates and staff

• 4 ways investing in a body scanner mitigates liability in corrections

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  Use of a body scanner will reduce the amount of contraband in your facility

• Inmate walks out of Colo. jail after sheriff’s deputies fail to put handcuffs back on

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  “We failed to put his handcuffs back on after he was scanned and he was able to walk out of the booking area and walk out of the building,” an official said

• Calif. Gov signs bill to track certain sexually violent offenders through GPS systems

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  AB 1641 will require such predators to be monitored while on a conditional release program from rehabilitation programs

• S.C. detention center equips emergency response team with CEW gloves

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  The G.L.O.V.E. has contact points on all five fingers that deliver an electrical charge when you touch a specific area of the body

• Technology in corrections: Increasing efficiency, enhancing safety and addressing officer retention

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  The advancements that technology management systems have to offer are too significant to be ignored

• On-Demand Webinar: Hidden in plain sight: See smuggled drugs and contraband in inmate legal mail, without opening it

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  View this webinar to learn real-life insights on how to maintain, protect, reduce and detect contraband

• How to boost your organization’s cybersecurity, including getting grant funding (infographic)

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  As ransomware and other attacks continue to threaten public safety organizations, here’s how to guard against these events

• New riot suit from Israel Weapon Industries absorbs kinetic energy

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  The GAL Versatile Protective Suit can reduce trauma by up to 95%, the company says

• How X-ray screening helped this jail eliminate drug smuggling incidents

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  Adding the B-SCAN body scanner to the screening process made it next to impossible for inmates to sneak drugs into the facility

• Axon Roadshow brings conference experience to law enforcement, corrections

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  Go hands-on with the latest tech while visiting with officers from neighboring departments

• Intelligence gathering in corrections: The price of prevention is much lower than the cost of response

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  Argus Corrections Solutions' Echo 2.0 raises the bar for safety and security capabilities of institutions

• How one company is transforming mobile inmate tracking

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  The launch of Mobile Command XR from GUARDIAN RFID, which is powered by AI and face recognition, has created waves throughout the corrections industry

• Sheriff rolls out medical monitoring wristbands to curb jail deaths

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  Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens said the wristbands act as a means to quickly respond to inmate medical emergencies

• Automate X-ray screening to see more, faster

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  Add iCMORE software to Smiths Detection X-ray machines to maintain positive flow while catching more contraband

• 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

• 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

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