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36 parolees in Colorado convicted or accused of murder since 2002
Denver :: CO :: USA | 23 days ago
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MDT At least 36 parolees in Colorado have been convicted or accused of murder while on supervised release from prison since 2002, a review by The Denver Post found. Among them are a parolee charged with sexually assaulting and strangling a family
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Md. prison misconduct allegations prompt anger from lawmakers
Baltimore :: MD :: USA | 26 days ago
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According to the indictment, guards at the Baltimore City Detention Center allegedly helped leaders of the Black Guerilla Family gang run a criminal enterprise by smuggling cellphones, prescription pills and other contraband in their underwear, shoes
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Prison audit finds workers' misconduct with inmates
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | 1 month ago
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A catalog of recent misconduct cases in California's corrections system includes allegations that prison guards groped and grappled with inmates, brought them drugs, shared their booze and solicited them for sex. The two-volume report, issued this
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New center aims to help Utah parolees succeed on outside
Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | 5 months ago
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Francisco Kjolseth The Salt Lake Tribune) People tour the new Fortitude Treatment Center at 1747 S. West in Salt Lake City on Thursday, December 6, 2012, that will open later this month with a capacity to house 300 men. The center provides
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Va. prison guard on mend after stabbing by inmate
Waverly :: MI :: USA | 6 months ago
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Va. (AP) A Virginia correctional officer is recovering from a stab wound after attempting to break up a fight between two inmates. The Virginia Department of Corrections says the stabbing occurred Thursday at Sussex 1 state prison in Waverly. The
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O.C jails filling up with state prisoners
Anaheim :: CA :: USA | 10 months ago
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ANA More inmates from state prisons are filling county jails and more are being monitored by local probation officers than was originally expected. Nearly 10 months since a new law that shifts state prisons to county jails took effect, local
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Pa. Senate sends corrections bill to Corbett
East Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | 11 months ago
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Passed unanimously by the state Senate Monday night, the bill expands the use of alternative sentencing, stops sentencing nonviolent offenders to state prisons and lessens the punishment for technical parole violations, among other efforts to create
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Solitary Confinement Is Torture -- And Morally Wrong
Beirut :: Lebanon | 11 months ago
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Dozens of prison inmates at Virginia's Red Onion super-max prison resorted to hunger striking in order to call attention to inhumane confinement conditions. As reported in your May 24 article , the prisoners are protesting "the use of prolonged
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Prisoners at Virginia's Red Onion State Prison on hunger strike
Gaza :: Palestine | 12 months ago
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Mary Ratcliff On May 22, brave prisoners at Virginia's Red Onion State Prison began a hunger strike. Their decision to starve themselves in an effort to be heard is the latest in a recent series of prison strikes, one of the very few forms of
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Community Corrections Partnership meets today in Fairfield
Ukiah :: CA :: USA | 1 year ago
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The agenda for the meeting includes reviewing offender data under the public safety realignment program and discussing concepts and proposals related to day/evening reporting systems, substance abuse treatment, sanctions grid and the FY2012/13 Public
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