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Guards have a history of using gunfire to control the 4,200 inmates at the prison about 45 miles outside Las Vegas

Criticism follows media reports of the shotgun slaying of Carlos Manuel Perez Jr., who was handcuffed when a corrections officer trainee fatally shot him in a shower hallway last November

Records show officers fired guns 215 times in five years from 2007 to 2011

Across the U.S., around 7% of prisoners were in restrictive housing in state and federal prisons. In Kansas, that figure was 10.5%, while in Missouri, it was 11.9%

McEntee’s wife said her husband’s killer acted as “judge, juror and executioner” in taking his life

Michael Tisius, 42, died by lethal injection at 6:10 p.m. for killing two COs during a botched jail escape

In addition to cutting down on jailing costs, the programs are almost entirely funded through offender user fees and grants

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said his office will take over the investigation into what happened to 42-year-old Raynette Turner

North Country lawmakers are hoping that State Legislature hearings on the prison system, in the wake of the escape of two murderers, will yield critical changes

“I’m not surprised we got this letter,” Sheriff Wayne McKinney said. “Actually, I’m surprised we hadn’t gotten it before.”