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<title>Life terms quadruple as prison budgets are cut</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Kevin Johnson USA TODAYWASHINGTON &mdash; The rising number of prisoners serving costly life terms across the country is complicating state officials' efforts to make dramatic cuts to large prison budgets, lawmakers and criminal justice officials said.From 1984 to 2008, the number of offenders serving life terms quadrupled, from 34,000 to roughly 140,000, according to the most recent count by The ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:28:24 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>NJ overpaid prisoner halfway houses by nearly $600,000 </title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Joelle Farrell The Philadelphia Inquirer TRENTON, N.J. &mdash; New Jersey overpaid the operators of prisoner halfway houses nearly $600,000 and failed to punish the companies for errors, including some that led to inmate escapes, according to a state audit released Wednesday.The Department of Corrections has done a poor job of monitoring the state's 20 privately run halfway houses, concluded State ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:26:15 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Texas prison remains empty</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Abilene Reporter-NewsJONES COUNTY, Texas &mdash; Jones County's new $35 million detention facility sits empty.Officials are eagerly awaiting word from the state as to if and when the funds will ever be available to open the prison.Jones County Judge Dale Spurgin remains hopeful the doors could be opened and jobs created in the wake of both houses of the Legislature last week approving a proposal to ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 17:02:50 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Five accused in Tenn. counterfeit check ring</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Jamie Satterfield News SentinelGREENEVILLE, Tenn. &mdash; Five people are accused in a counterfeit check ring involving more than $4,200 worth of bogus checks on a Washington County Sheriff's Office bank account.Named in an indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Greeneville earlier this month are alleged ringleader Eric Wayne Cureton, who just completed a state prison term for forgery, and alleged ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2011 19:54:51 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Mich. prisons switching to generic drugs for inmates</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Chris Christoff The Detroit Free PressLANSING, Mass. &mdash; Michigan's prison system is jeopardizing the mental health of some 1,500 inmates by switching their psychotropic medication from name brands to generic forms to save money, a coalition of mental health advocates charged today.The Michigan Partners in Crisis said switching inmates from medications that work to equivalent generic drugs can ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:59:20 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>What realignment means for California corrections</title>
<author><![CDATA[Bob Walsh]]></author>
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<description><![CDATA[By Bob Walsh, for CorrectionsOneThe current buzzword in California government fiscal circles is &ldquo;Realignment.&rdquo; This is what Governor Brown wants to do to many state services. Chief among these, at least for CorrectionsOne readers, is the idea of turning parole services over the county governments, along with a theoretically adequate funding level for these services. An important secondary ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:09:28 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>A look back: California corrections in 2010</title>
<author><![CDATA[Bob Walsh]]></author>
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<description><![CDATA[Editor&rsquo;s note: This article is part of the 2010 CorrectionsOne End of the Year Report. Please visit the main page for the end of the year report here. By Bob WalshI am reminded of an ancient Chinese curse: &ldquo;May you live in interesting times.&rdquo; The Corrections System of California, and that of most other jurisdictions in this country, has had an interesting, and difficult, year. Next ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:18:54 UTC</pubDate>

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<title> California's 12-hour shift staffing proposal</title>
<author><![CDATA[Bob Walsh]]></author>
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<description><![CDATA[The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is the second largest law enforcement organization in the country and the largest prison operator. On any given day there are about 170,000 people in custody in 33 prisons throughout the state, plus several thousand more housed in out of state private contract facilities.CDCR is currently actively working towards a 12-hour shift operation in ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:54:39 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Issuing gun permits to fight LE budget cuts: Will Calif. arm citizens?</title>
<author><![CDATA[Bob Walsh]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.correctionsone.com/writers/columnists/bob-walsh/articles/2050226-Issuing-gun-permits-to-fight-LE-budget-cuts-Will-Calif-arm-citizens/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[More than one Calif. county sheriff has spoken of issuing more gun permits to fight law enforcement budget cuts. Are they crying "wolf"? Or have things really gotten that bad?]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:37:33 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Budget cuts or not, one day we'll all pay</title>
<author><![CDATA[Bob Walsh]]></author>
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<description><![CDATA[The concept has been around for a long time: If you let your maintenance slide, it&rsquo;s going to cost more when you finally get around to doing it.I recently relearned this by tearing out a redwood deck that I hadn&rsquo;t bothered to clean or reseal for several years. It was literally falling apart, so I was forced to rip it down to the 4x6 support beams. I&rsquo;m not complaining &mdash; my fault ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:25:04 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Useful techniques for surviving budget cuts</title>
<author><![CDATA[By Robert Hood, Former Warden, Colo. Supermax]]></author>
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<description><![CDATA[Editor's note: This article is part of a CorrectionsOne Special Report on the 2009 Mock Prison Riot in Moundsville, W.V. You can check out the whole report (including exclusive articles and video content) by clicking here. By Robert Hood, Former Warden, Colo. Supermax Robert HoodBudget reductions continue to have a significant impact on managing facilities in a safe and efficient manner. Every year ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 20:43:40 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Thrifty way to keep equipment in place </title>
<author><![CDATA[Bill Pittman]]></author>
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<description><![CDATA[ I used to have trouble with my equipment sliding around on my nylon duty belt. I fixed this problem by slicing 1/2" to 1" bands from an old bicycle innertube. I cleaned the white power from the bands then slid them onto my belt to the positions my equipment cases would rest over. I then positioned the cases over the bands—that’s it! The rubber keeps the two surfaces stuck together, and if a case were ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:23:26 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Budget cuts affect Alabama safety</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Mobile, Alabama Sheriff Sam Cochran says a proposal to release some inmates early as a cost saving measure could put lives at risk.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 1 Apr 2011 19:00:30 UTC</pubDate>

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