Corrections News

April 22, 2013

• Correctional officer still hospitalized after being assaulted by inmate1

• Md. corrections officer shoots man who escaped custody3

• Arkansas turns to different lethal injection drug3

• Slayings rise in Ohio's high-security prisons4

• Maine State Prison records show nine staffers disciplined for ethnic slurs

• Advocate: Inmate phone policy hurts families1

• Inmates block cell doors, demand Chinese food4

• Officials: Goal of Detroit One to reduce violent crime

• Wash. inmates help trim hedges, budgets

• Inmate killed, several injured in southwestern Miss. prison fight2

• Escaped inmate leads police on high-speed chase3

April 21, 2013

• Workforce management: A key challenge in corrections

April 19, 2013

• Okla. inmate demands sex change, threatens suicide2

• Work program curtailed following inmate escape

• First Calif. inmate released under Prop. 36 3

• Inmate punches CO during strip search1

• New law allows Ga. COs to keep firearms when they retire9

• Inmate earns more time for attempting to kill CO1

• Inmates get indulgences, for a price3

• Prison slop becomes liquid gold3

April 18, 2013

• NJ parole officers fight new no-gun policy3

• Jail pimp case: Wash. woman inmate accused of promoting prostitution2

• NBP inmate runs amuck, shot dead by corrections officer1

• Colo. DA charges sheriff’s deputy accused of helping inmate escape1

• Ky. officers receive life-saving awards

• Wisc. panel meets to improve jail security1

• CO involved in MCJ attack honored for bravery

• NJ corrections officer found not guilty of assaulting inmate3

• Calif. man describes night wife cut off penis2

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