Colorado Department of Corrections spends more than $500,000 on program to equip parole officers with body cams, then shelves it
Records obtained by CBS Colorado show the Colorado Department of Corrections purchased hundreds of Motorola cameras for the ...
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Texas should close prisons and jails with staffing challenges, state oversight panel says
A report found up to 70% of guard positions were unfilled at some prisons. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has a 26% ...
Son of a man who was beaten and died in a New York prison sues guards, officials
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The son of an inmate who died after a prolonged beating by New York prison guards said in a federal ...
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Why are more people dying in Missouri prisons? Advocates for inmates demand accountability
Deaths in Missouri prisons have increased in number despite a drop in the number of people incarcerated. The Missouri ...
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Correctional Officer arrested for distributing drugs in prison
A Lewis Prison officer was fired and arrested for distributing drugs after a five-month investigation produced evidence, ...
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Hundreds of deaths in state prisons go unexplained
A City & State investigation found a lack of reporting on people who have died while in custody, as well as for those who ...
Arizona corrections official accused of smuggling fentanyl-laced heroin into prison
A counselor at Lewis Prison in Buckeye was arrested on Jan. 3 after an investigation into drug and contraband cellphone ...
Hawaii Department of Law Enforcement Director steps down
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Amid a slew of controversies, the director of Hawaii’s Department of Law Enforcement is stepping ...
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Inmate’s parents, former corrections officer charged in connection to drug operation at Indian Creek Correctional Center
An inmate’s parents and a former corrections officer have been charged in connection to a large-scale drug operation at ...
Man convicted of killing Tecumseh officer dies
The Oklahoma Department of Corrections said a man on death row for the 2017 murder of an Oklahoma police officer was pronounced dead Tuesday morning in McAlester. ODOC officials said in a release that ...
Family of Robert Brooks, inmate who died after beating by prison guards, files wrongful death suit
The family of an inmate who died after corrections officers violently beat him last month in a Central New York prison has filed a lawsuit claiming state officials oversee a “dangerously broken” ...
Family of Robert Brooks announces civil lawsuit after fatal prison beating
Family of Robert Brooks and their attorneys held a press conference to announce the filing of a civil rights lawsuit following Mr. Brooks’ December 2024 fatal beating by correctional officers at Marcy ...