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Maggots found in food served to inmates at Mich. prison

The discoveries at G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility came amid ongoing complaints and concerns about lack of sanitation

November 06, 2017 01:42 PM

Probe: Pa. jail lax in resolving sexual harassment claims

Female correctional officers at the jail said that complaints of harassment from higher-ups were not being addressed

November 15, 2015 11:00 AM

Scant evidence of threats to execution drugmakers

If those officials are investigating the threats as a serious risk to the safety of the pharmacies or their employees, they refuse to acknowledge doing so

April 04, 2014 04:04 AM

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Mich. can’t confirm if 115 inmate cases were COVID-19 reinfections

The state doesn’t have the samples to perform genomic sequencing, an analysis to confirm whether someone has had COVID-19 twice

January 14, 2021 10:23 AM

New account on Attica prison riot names shooters

Almost 45 years after, a historian’s new account names troopers and Attica COs that investigators believe may be involved

August 14, 2016 06:54 PM

Inmate tweets out threat during jail Internet breach

One tweet from Tyler Barris’ Twitter handle said:"How am I on the Internet if I’m in jail? Oh, because I’m an eGod, that’s how”

April 10, 2018 03:46 PM

Corrections News

Reality Training: Inmate ‘jail jumps’ down flight of stairs

May 01, 2015 01:43 PM

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Correctional Management

N.C. jail given 60 days to fix safety after new report links violence to staff shortages

The state’s findings could trigger a process in which the sheriff and county either correct the violations or risk having the jail closed

February 11, 2022 09:16 AM

Officer Safety

W.Va. Department of Corrections needs more funding to increase staffing, improve working conditions

Even after $100M in recent funding more is needed to increase pay to reduce chronic staffing shortages and make overdue repairs

August 24, 2023 10:53 AM

Contraband

Stopping criminal activity in prisons with digital intelligence technology

Extraction and analytics technologies are helping corrections facilities access contraband cellphone data to stop crimes inside and outside prison walls

October 27, 2020 05:29 PM