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• Fla. sheriff will hold inmates 48 hours for ICE

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  The sheriff's office signed a "basic ordering agreement" with ICE to hold inmates for an extra 48 hours

• St. Louis asks for more time to release suspects from jail after judge's ruling

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  Officials are asking for more time to determine who out of 900 detainees should be released

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• Principles for success as a CO: Inmate safety

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  While the inmates in our care have been legitimately deprived of liberty, they still have certain constitutional rights

• Activists give jailed moms a Mother's Day gift: bail

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  Multiple groups and activist nationwide planned to bail out more than 100 women in 35 cities in time for Mother's Day

• Mich. governor vetoes $10M for wrongfully imprisoned

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  the governor blamed the veto on how Legislature passed the bill

• Study: La.'s death penalty costs $15.6M annually

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  There are 65 men and one woman currently sentenced to death in Louisiana

• Mich. admits to errors in state prison death counts

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  A combination of errors caused some deaths to be counted twice, while others weren't counted at all

• NH governor vetoes death penalty abolishment bill

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  The governor says the bill is an injustice to the family of a police officer who was killed by a death row inmate in 2006

• DOC chief: Minn. Senate bill would lead to 'increased risks to safety'

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  The Senate’s bill provides $9.5 million over two years to hire more corrections officers and pay for prison security upgrades

• 2020 Democrats confronting debate over letting felons vote

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  Prodded by criminal justice activists, Democrats have largely embraced the politically safer cause of winning back access to the ballot box for felons who have served their time

• Ore. county pays $100K for 'Blue Lives Matter' flag

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  County has agreed to pay $100K to a corrections technician who sued after a co-worker pinned up the flag

• Ohio men stabbed by fellow inmate while handcuffed sue officers

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  The suit filed against the warden, two officers and other staff members alleges violations of constitutional rights

• Bill designating NJ COs as police passes

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  The bill will add “police” to county COs’ titles

• Female inmates sue Calif. jail for right to sleep

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  Security checks, maintenance work and 3 a.m. pill calls are among the reasons the inmates cite for their inability to get a full night’s sleep

• Settlement brings reforms to Ore. county jail

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  Officials have agreed to lower the number of inmates per cell as well as take other actions

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