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.
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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