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• NC man posing as minister brings Bibles stuffed with drugs into jail

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  The alleged minister was arrested after deputies found his Bibles stuffed with drugs

• Okla. prison worker charged after death-row shakedown

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  An Okla. prison worker is facing drug charges after police found methamphetamine in his prosthetic leg

• NY CO reinstated after getting booted for failing drug test marred by poppy seed bagel breakfast

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  The officer tested above the DOC's legal limit for morphine in 2016 after eating a poppy seed bagel before a drug test

• How Virginia’s opioid epidemic motivated VADOC to explore medication-assisted treatment

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  VADOC’s program involves the use of Vivitrol, an FDA-approved non-narcotic that prevents the euphoric effects of opioids and reduces cravings

• The perfect storm: How drugs, mental illness and aging inmates impact correctional healthcare

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  Dr. Marc Stern, a consultant in correctional healthcare, details the healthcare-related challenges facing correctional facilities

• New program bridges gap between release, rehab for addicted Wis. inmates

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  Inmates will get an injection of Vivitrol, which blocks brain receptors so opioids have no effect, before leaving jail in hopes it will give them time to set up a treatment program so they can stay sober

• Roundtable: 7 critical issues in corrections in 2018

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  From inmate mental healthcare to officer recruitment and retention, the corrections profession faced many challenges in 2018

• Portland eyes 'jail alternative' for mentally ill, drug addicted

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  Officials say the alternative could “function as a triage center” so health care professionals could assess people in crisis and connect them to services

• Maine officials reconsider hiring standards after CO caught trafficking drugs

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  The officer had disclosed past drug use, including abuse of prescription drugs, LSD and cocaine, on his application

• Calif. prison officials probe possible contraband drugs after 2 death row inmates found dead

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  “Department officials are investigating how contraband may have been brought into Death Row at the prison," a CDCR spokeswoman said

• 'El Chapo' trial gives inside look at his rise to power

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  The U.S. trial of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has offered a screenplay-worthy picture of the lawlessness and excesses during his rise to power

• 3 Ohio COs treated for exposure to suspected fentanyl

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  The exposure apparently coincided with an inmate requiring treatment for a suspected drug overdose and while a second inmate was being evaluated for a suspected overdose

• How correctional officers can protect against opioid exposure during a cell search

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  As the opioid crisis continues to impact communities nationwide, efforts to smuggle narcotics like fentanyl into correctional facilities show no signs of abating

• Bureau of Prisons review team tours Hazelton prisons this week

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  COs expressed concerns about understaffing, violence and drug issues to members of the review team

• Officials: Outsider leaped over La. jail wall with street drugs

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  Authorities arrested Nicholas Celius, 23, after police found him near the jail with a backpack full of marijuana, crack cocaine and heroin

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