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Insufficient state funding and a deteriorating 125-year-old facility compound safety challenges for both inmates and staff

State legislators study Norway’s rehabilitative incarceration model to combat high recidivism rates in California

Flaws in the ‘good time’ law that grant correctional incentive to inmates “failed Deputy Johnson and his family,” Alabama’s governor said

The “clean slate” bill would automatically seal most recent convictions — 3 years after serving time or parole for a misdemeanor, and 8 years for felony convictions

Howard Holland, acting warden of Chester County Prison, proposed new fencing, ankle monitors for high-risk inmates, more cameras in the facility and establishing a K-9 unit to enhance security

The multiple phase $77M project includes housing renovations, a new intake and booking facility, and staff locker rooms and meeting facilities

Matt Tidman testified before a legislative committee in favor of a bill that would ban exercise equipment and free weights from Massachusetts medium and maximum security prisons

The governor also signed bills that eliminate parole for adults who commit crimes after Aug. 1 and dramatically cut the availability of good behavior credits in prison

The March ruling left prosecutors and defense attorneys scrambling to review cases, some dating back decades

The hearing comes before Thursday’s deadline set by the corrections department to announce which two of five possible prisons will be closed