(12/04/2009)
A who’s who of California prison architects and construction managers filled the downtown headquarters of HOK architectural firm for an update on the federal receiver’s plan to add several thousand medical beds and other services to the state prison system.
(12/04/2009)
Cornerstone Detention Products Inc. received the 2008 Standard of Excellence award for its Web site from Web Marketing Association.
(12/04/2009)
Corrections officials are preparing to house crowded inmates in military-style tents as the department faces record prison population levels and deep budget cuts.
(12/04/2009)
The efficacy of the youth justice system in Britain and adult system in France fell under scrutiny this fall following recent reports by the Council of Europe’s human rights watchdog.
(12/03/2009)
PHOENIX — A federal court affirmed a previous ruling saying the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office's live jail Webcam violated the Constitution, but Sheriff's officials said the cameras were already off.
(12/03/2009)
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology are attempting to develop a standardized method for assessing the electrical output of stun guns and other electroshock weapons that can form the basis of a future industry-wide standardized testing regimen.
(12/03/2009)
Authorities should expand specialized interventions and programming to reduce the higher recidivism rates that exist among inmates with major mental illness, according to a University of Texas Medical Branch study.
(12/03/2009)
Corrections Corporation of America announced the suspension of work on the new $143 million correctional facility in Trousdale County that would have created more than 2,000 new beds.
(12/03/2009)
Corrections officials are preparing to house inmates in military-style tents as the department faces record prison population levels and deep budget cuts.
(12/03/2009)
A federal law designed to standardize national sex-offender tracking has states scrambling to fund minimum requirements or face noncompliance this July.