Corrections Digest

Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack set a ceiling of $80 million for construction of a new prison to replace...

A prisoner's right to seek damages against federal agents does not extend to employees of a private prison...

A jail has a reasonable period of time to release an inmate after adjudication without violating any constitutional...

Kansas is advancing a proposal to more than double the inmate population of sex offenders and increase the...

A prison doctor demonstrating the exercise of medical judgment maintains qualified immunity, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals...

Texas Jaime Elizalde Jr., 34, was given a lethal injection Jan. 31 at the State Prison in Huntsville...

The California Victim Compensation Board approved a record $756,900 wrongful conviction award to Kenneth Marsh who served 21...

Attorney General Jay Nixon alleged 13 contractors illegally billed the state more than $306,000 to provide health care...

Ana Ramirez-Palmer, former corrections director for the northern region, filed an ethics complaint with the State Personnel Board...

A correctional facility must grant a prisoner a hearing before ordering an end to liberties and is barred...

Substance treatment as an alternative would trim $22 million annually from Wisconsin prison costs, the Drug Policy Alliance...

April 4-6-Conference for Empowering Women in Law Enforcement, El Paso, Texas. Inf.: Edie Prado, 915-564-7327. April 5-6-Managing Meth...

Treatment for mental illness consumes nearly one-third of the Corrections Department's annual health care budget of $60 million....

An American Bar Association panel recommended a moratorium on the death penalty, citing many flaws in Georgia's administration...

Colorado has proposed to open a new prison for women to accommodate a 45 percent expansion in capacity...

California has put into force a wide range of prison reforms to curb recidivism and to improve rehabilitation...

Texas has adopted a new regulation that requires jails to improve the types of treatment available to mentally...

Wyoming has proposed that juveniles convicted of violent felonies or drug crimes be eligible for statefunded scholarships for...

Kansas City's municipal jail has entered into agreements with community groups to provide counseling to the jobless, homeless...

Georgia legislators have approved a sex predator and violent crime bill, HB 1050, that would raise prison costs...