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Maine curbing per-prisoner health care costs

New report details how Maine lowered its status from the highest inmate health-care costs

October 30, 2013 05:10 AM

7th corrections officer pleads guilty in Md. plot

Twenty-six-year-old Kimberly Dennis of Baltimore entered the plea Tuesday in federal court

October 30, 2013 04:37 AM

Former inmate gets $50,000 settlement after jail beating

Agreement ends lawsuit Jordan Sand filed earlier this year over his treatment by former corrections Officer Marlon Taylor

October 29, 2013 04:55 AM

Court denies appeal for Ariz. death-row inmate

Convicted of murder and sentenced to death for the 1991 fatal stabbing of a business partner

October 29, 2013 04:47 AM

Middle Ga. sex offenders subject to extra Halloween restrictions

More than 300 Middle Georgia sex offenders will be subject to extra restrictions

October 29, 2013 04:38 AM

Problems persist in Calif. prison’s mental health ward

The departure of psychiatrists who were fired or quit has left the unit seriously understaffed, with doctors handling twice their case loads of the previous year

October 28, 2013 10:17 AM

Identity thief served two prison terms as other person

Identity thief Thomas Hunter lived as Bradley Scott for more than 10 years, including serving prison sentences in two states

October 28, 2013 09:40 AM

Ohio child killer to get untried 2-drug injection

The state will use an intravenous combination of midazolam, a sedative, and hydromorphone, a painkiller, in the Nov. 14 execution of Ronald Phillips

October 28, 2013 06:58 AM

4 inmates escape through shower, manhunt underway

Inmates made a clean getaway Sunday after prying open a maintenance hatch in their shower

October 28, 2013 06:05 AM

Ga. inmate release notification system too quick to handle

Family is upset that they were not given enough time to prepare for attacker’s release

January 02, 2014 03:10 AM