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• Ala. prison commissioner creates task force to 'mitigate' prison violence

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  The task force will reexamine the need for body cameras, health and wellness interventions for officers and staff

• Supreme Court keeps federal executions on hold

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  The justices blocked the Trump administration from resuming federal executions after a 16-year break

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  How one Oregon jail uses X-ray screening to keep out contraband drugs

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  Smiths Detection

  Looking for a better way to catch contraband, this Oregon sheriff led the charge to make X-ray screening a common practice in the state’s county jails

• Okla. may begin hiring teenagers as corrections officers

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  The Oklahoma Department of Corrections asked state legislators to lower the minimum hiring age to 18

• Transgender inmate ruling could force changes in Nev. prisons

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  Attorney General Aaron Ford said the state must comply with a federal ruling mandating the state DOC pay for gender confirmation surgery

• NYC to close 2 jails as part of plan to close Rikers Island

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  Officials say the closures will occur by early 2020, will not cause layoffs

• Fla. governor skeptical of bill reducing outdated sentences

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  Governor Ron DeSantis indicated he prefers the clemency process over retroactive sentence reductions

• N.J. commission recommends ending mandatory minimum sentences

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  The recommendation also calls for lowering of other sentencing requirements in the name of criminal justice reform

• New Calif. county program moves felons out of jails, into treatment

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  Qualifying inmates with one of three mental illnesses can be moved to a pre-trial diversion program paid for by the state

• Fla. governor, COs, union clash over shorter work shifts

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  Corrections officials say eight-hour shifts improve prison safety; union argues COs are losing wages

• Calif. governor wants more state oversight of prisons, sheriffs

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  Gavin Newsom's office is drafting a plan that calls for increased supervision and more reentry options for released inmates

• Fla. senator files bill to reduce outdated drug sentences for inmates

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  The bill would require judges to give inmates sentences that are consistent with current state laws

• Okla. prosecutors question petition to reduce prison population

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  The proposed ballot measure would prevent prosecutors from using previous nonviolent felony convictions to enhance prison sentences

• Okla. group files petition to reduce prison population

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  The petition comes on the heels of a mass commutation also aimed at solving overcrowding in state prisons

• Mass commutation in Kan. 'something to consider'

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  Kansas Corrections Secretary Jeff Zmuda said he would have to consider if a mass commutation would lead to prison reform

• More than 450 Okla. inmates released during mass commutation

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  All the released inmates had convictions for low-level drug and property crimes, were released under a bill applying retroactive misdemeanor sentences

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