(05/15/2013)
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) recently announced its 2013 Justice Facilities Review (JFR) winners (citations) and published projects.
(05/15/2013)
Initially designed to add 896 beds, the expansion of the Adelanto Detention Center will include an additional 1,368 to meet the demands of the California realignment act.
By Audrey Arthur
(05/15/2013)
(05/15/2013)
As eligibility requirements take change, the 2014 implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) will expand Medicaid to the nation’s current and former inmates, if states opt to expand.
By Audrey Arthur
(05/08/2013)
(05/08/2013)
In order to meet a federal court-mandated deadline and evade being held in contempt, Gov. Jerry Brown filed a new prison plan late Thursday night that aims to reduce overcrowding in the state’s prisons over the next year.
(05/02/2013)
The Chaves County juvenile and adult detention centers in Roswell are set to undergo a $13.2 million renovation that will include upgrades to electronic security systems in the county’s correctional facilities.
By Audrey Arthur
(05/01/2013)
(05/01/2013)
After 12 years of delays, the Jackson County Jail is on track to begin construction this summer with a design by The Goldberg Group of St. Joseph, Mo., approved by the county’s Board of Supervisors.
(04/17/2013)
In his 2014 fiscal year budget proposal to Congress, President Barack Obama recommended to fund the reopening of the maximum-security Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson.
(04/17/2013)
The California Men’s Colony (CMC) in San Luis Obispo will open a mental health facility for inmates in order to address serious federal concerns of malpractice in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR).
By Torrey Sims
(04/17/2013)
(04/17/2013)
Often the public looks at correctional facilities as a final stop for punishment for those convicted of crimes, but now many are realizing that correctional facilities can be better utilized as a place for rehabilitation and learning.
(04/17/2013)
California Governor Jerry Brown has been given 21 days to reduce the number of inmates from the state’s 33 correctional facilities or will be held in contempt, according to federal judges.
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