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• Colo. becomes 22nd state to abolish death penalty

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  Governors in California, Colorado, Oregon and Washington have all halted executions in recent years

• CO cleared of charges in connection with women's prison assault scandal

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  A jury found Brian Y. Ambroise not guilty of charges including official misconduct and conspiracy to commit sexual assault

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  How new technology takes the guesswork out of inmate screening

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  New AI features highlight and color-code foreign objects on or in the body to make full-body scanning faster, easier and more accurate

• Fla. lawmakers back CO bonuses, shift changes

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  Some officers' 12-hour shifts will change to 8.5-hour work days in an effort to reduce fatigue

• Mo. sheriffs seek changes in bail, parole policies

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  The sheriffs argued community safety was in danger due to 'catch and release' practices by the Missouri Department of Corrections

• W.Va. passes bill aimed at reducing jail, prison populations

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  For the entire legislative session, there have been more people incarcerated at the state's jails than there are beds in those jails

• US appeals court says Ohio inmates don't get extra vote time

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  The Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled inmates shouldn't be given the same ability to vote late as those who are suddenly hospitalized

• Lawmakers tackling Ala.'s prison crisis with 5 bills, several initiatives

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  The legislation comes in the wake of last year's report on the Department of Justice's investigation into the state's prisons

• Ohio correction center board blames legislature for escapes

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  Recent changes in the law have kept inmates from being sent to prison, instead placing them in treatment programs from which they can escape

• After attacks, legislators allege lack of oversight and control at Mass. prison

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  “No one should be assaulted in a prison. Correctional officers should not be assaulted. ... It speaks to a lack of control and a lack of oversight.”

• Transgender felons seek to ease Pa. rules on name changes

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  Lawyers are challenging a state law prohibiting people who have committed serious felonies from changing their names

• Mass. COs' union clashes with lawmaker over inmate attack, lawsuit

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  The union said Sen. James Eldridge was taking the side of inmates after an attack that injured three COs

• Ala. seeking bids for prisons in order to address overcrowding

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  The DOC will lease three prisons from private developers in an attempt to address rising violence and shrinking space

• Ala. lawmakers prepare to address prison crisis

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  The state must address overcrowding, violence that led the DOJ to believe the state is violating inmates' constitutional rights

• Trump administration sues Calif. over private prison ban

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  The lawsuit alleges the state law unconstitutionally interferes with the federal prison and immigration detention systems

• Census Bureau will count federal inmates as residents

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  Critics refer to the inclusion of prisoners in the census numbers as 'prison gerrymandering'

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