Corrections News

May 9, 2013

• Judge orders Wisc. county to temporarily outsource inmate medical program

• Inmate, 17 other alleged Bloods indicted on racketeering charges

• Pa. inmate sues over solitary confinement

• Ohio prisons cutting inmate medical costs9

• TDCJ honors fallen correctional officers

• Documents released in Colo. DOC chief slaying

• Housing of hundreds of Wisc. inmates switched

• Wisc. county confirms new corrections management

• Ill. county considers electronic inmate visitation system1

• Inmate indicted in assault on correctional officer2

• Letters allege illegal behavior in Philly prisons1

• Arias says in interview that she wants death2

May 8, 2013

• Jodi Arias convicted of first-degree murder1

• Fla. work-release centers may get inmate monitors

• Gay ex-correctional officer files discrimination lawsuit against state

• Did Correctional Officer Bill of Rights enable Md. corruption?2

• Inmate sentenced to die for murder of SD correctional officer2

• Hunger-strike inmate gains 40 pounds, still recovering for upcoming hearing1

• Two charged in Calif. CO's shooting2

• Texas inmate executed for fatal drug-deal robbery2

• New insanity plea may slow Colo. shooting case1

May 7, 2013

• Evidence challenged: Miss. court blocks execution

• In Fla., home signs warn of presence of predators2

• Fla. governor signs death warrant for inmate who killed CO4

• Inmate's sister struggles to save brother who killed CO10

• Longtime death row inmate closer to release

• Inmate may have used spoon to bust out of prison2

• Calif. objects to moving inmates because of fungus2

• Former Calif. mortician gets 25-to-life sentence1

• Inmate kicks open cell door, attacks CO1

• Calif. CO shot in head improving5

• Officer safety: Developing a "spidey sense"3

May 6, 2013

• Calif. sheriff sounds alarm on inmate overcrowding: 'We're in so much trouble in this county'

• 6 new cameras to arrive at jail after inmate beating1

• Video: Inmate attempts to crawl through ceiling, is foiled8

• Death row inmate denied DNA test, scheduled to be executed1

• Death penalty lawyers named in case of slain prison guard

• Overcrowding to blame for Ill. prison guard assault, union says1

• Correctional officer fights for life after being shot in the head9

• Guantanamo camp costs $900,000 a year per inmate1

• Inmate tells big fib to remain in jail5

• Escapee says 'dumb' Colo. deputy asked to be shot7

• Md. death penalty repeal foes start petition

• Texas town celebrates National Correctional Officer's Week

• California prison crowding plan still falls short2

• Fla. 'fast track' execution bill tempts fatal errors5

• Female correctional officers and prison corruption17

• Off-duty correctional officer in critical condition after shooting

• Two arrested in Calif. corrections officer shooting

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