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Plan that affects Dayton, Lebanon prisons focuses on curbing violence.
By Tom Beyerlein , Staff Writer 11:21 PM Tuesday, February 14, 2012
More Ohio prisons, including those in Dayton and Lebanon, are getting maximum-security cell blocks as officials seek to make state prisons safer by isolating larger numbers of dangerous gang members.
Employees in Jefferson County, Fla., can exhale for a moment as the 2012 legislative session continues. A plan to create the largest private prison system in the United States is facing stiff opposition in the legislature. Last week, the House of Representatives voted unanimously to move nearly $10 million around in the budget to keep Jefferson County Institution open.
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DOC rep says death-notification procedures were sufficient
Written by Alan Gustafson / Statesman Journal 10:28 AM, Feb. 13, 2012
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The Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, where 31 inmate deaths took place in 2010-11. / AP |
Of 14 state prisons throughout the state, the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem had the largest number of inmate deaths during 2010-11. Here is the breakdown where the 79 deaths occurred: 31 Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, 23 Snake River Correctional Institution near Ontario, 11 Two Rivers Correctional Institution in Umatilla, 5 Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution in Pendleton, 4 Oregon State Correctional Institution in Salem, 2 Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville, 1 Columbia River Correctional Institution in Portland, 1 South Fork Forest Camp in the Coast Range, 1 Deer Ridge Correctional Institution near Madras. State corrections officials kept 78 inmate deaths secret from the public during the past two years.
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The Associated Press Updated 5:21 PM Monday, January 23, 2012
DAYTON, Ohio — Ohio inmates spent $38 million at state prison commissaries last year — a slight increase — buying junk food, beverages and other items with money from home and from working prison jobs, a newspaper reported Monday
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19 January 2012 Last updated at 22:53 ET By Jonny Dymond BBC News, Washington
LOUISIANA - After a few minutes in Baton Rouge Parish prison you forget what the sky looks like.
Men lie on bunks, wait to make a call, watch daytime TV. Guantanamo-orange jumpsuits are everywhere.
You don't have to spend much time in the American criminal justice system to become overwhelmed by the waste, the futility and the failure.
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
MENDOTA, CALIFORNIA -- After years of funding delays the federal prison in Mendota will finally open by the end of the month. The new federal prison is a $235 million facility that will open after it was delayed because of funding problems.
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By M. Alex Johnson of msnbc.com and Bill Lambdin of WNYT-TV in Albany, N.Y.
NEW YORK - When you call a company or government agency for help, there's a good chance the person on the other end of the line is a prison inmate.
Inmates at Greene Correctional Institution in Coxsackie, N.Y., staff a state Department of Motor Vehicles call center .WNYT-T
The federal government calls it "the best-kept secret in outsourcing" — providing inmates to staff call centers and other services in both the private and public sectors.
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Last summer, Ohio legislators took action to reduce state expenses by putting low-level criminal offenders into local community service programs rather than sending them to state prison.
If it works, the state Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections estimates the state will save $46 million a year.
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Posted: Jan 10, 2012 11:05 AM EST Updated: Jan 17, 2012 11:05 AM EST By Kevin Howell, Assistant News Director l
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CHARLESTON,WV - A pair of legislative committees endorsed the idea of a new state prison Tuesday in Charleston.
Now, the West Virginia legislature will decide whether to call for a new 1,200-cell, medium-security prison.
The House and Senate Judiciary committees votes, which were not unanimous, follow the release of a special commission study of inmate overcrowding.
Because West Virginia state prisons are full, more than 2,100 convicted felons are housed in regional jails rather than prisons. That leaves regional jails with more inmates than they were designed to hold.
The Legislature's regular 60-day session begins Wednesday.
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