(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
(05/08/2013)
(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)
On track for a summer 2013 opening, the new 160-bed Calaveras County Jail will replace the outdated and overcrowded current facility with a modern and efficient design.
(04/17/2013)
Consultants have advised a federal receiver of the California prison health care system to create a new position focused solely on the health care of inmates.
(04/17/2013)
ISC West, one of the security industry’s largest gatherings, wrapped up in Las Vegas this year with over 1,000 exhibitors.
(03/27/2013)
With Gov. Jerry Brown’s AB 109 that sends low-level offenders to county jails rather than state correctional facilities, California county jails have witnessed an influx of lawsuits for alleged unsuitable facilities.
(03/20/2013)
Terri McDonald has a long history with California corrections and is now continuing her journey in Los Angeles.
By Torrey Sims
(03/11/2013)
(03/11/2013)
Correctional News recently caught up with Dr. Jeffrey Beard, Ph.D., the newly appointed secretary of corrections for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
(03/06/2013)
Formerly Valley State Prison for Women, the new Valley State Prison recently completed its conversion from a women’s facility to a men’s prison in an effort to utilize facilities and relieve overcrowding in California state prisons.
(03/06/2013)
A major anniversary is approaching for the former infamous Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.
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