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• NM lawmakers consider reviving vetoed criminal justice bills

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  One bill would create a system that would allow geriatric inmates to be released from prison before the end of their sentence

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  NY bill will improve health care, monitor prison staffing levels

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  The proposed legislation will require state officials to study health care staffing in prisons and issue a report on the issue twice each year

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• Holding inmates accountable for liquid assaults and sexually deviant behavior toward staff

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  In 2016, MCO created the “Officer Dignity Initiative” to hold inmates accountable

• Ala. counties vote to stop sheriffs keeping inmate food money

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  Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey released memos earlier this year that sheriffs may no longer personally profit from a very small portion of jail food funds

• Maine Supreme Court weighs inmates' right to profanity, cell phone tracking

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  A former prisoner claims his right to free speech under the First Amendment was violated when he was disciplined for a profanity-laced statement he made to a CO

• New law bans La. city contractors from initially asking job seekers about criminal history

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  According to the new law, prospective employers must conduct at least one in-person interview before inquiring about any past misdeeds

• In reversal, Texas Supreme Court accepts execution drug appeal

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  The Texas Supreme Court will review a decision that required prison officials to identify the state execution drug provider

• SC law that helps criminals erase convictions from public record is 'dangerous,' critics say

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  “Criminal history, like all history, should not be erased,” said Gov. Henry McMaster when he vetoed the legislation in May

• Calif. judge issues temporary injunction in case of pregnant CO who lost baby

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  “We’re not asking for favorable treatment for pregnant [COs] — we’re asking that everybody be treated equally on a case-by-case basis," attorney Arnold Peter said

• Pa. officials OK bill formalizing state prison closure process

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  Pa. legislature recently adopted a new bill that says state officials must give three months written notice to employees that it intends to close a prison

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  Pa. governor passes law honoring fallen CO

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  Kristopher’s Law is named for Kristopher D. Moules, an officer who died during an altercation with an inmate in 2016

• New bills continue criminal justice changes in Calif.

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  Bills signed by Gov. Jerry Brown this year made big changes to juvenile courts, police records and the state’s murder law

• Fights breaking out among teen inmates transferred from Rikers under new law

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  The new law, designed to separate kids from the confines of one of the nation’s most notoriously violent jails, went into effect Monday

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  Hundreds serving time for murder could get sprung under new Calif. law

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  California will give a second chance to potentially hundreds of people serving time for murders they did not commit

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  Charges dropped against former COs in Okla. inmate death

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  The officers shot the inmate with a dozen pepper balls when he tried to escape after flooding his cell

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