- Camino Nuevo Correctional Center Gets Highest...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Corrections Corporation of America's Camino Nuevo Correctional Center received a perfect score in an independent audit conducted by the American Correctional ......
- MTC Corrections Executive Called to Middle East;...
Business Editors Topical News: War On Terrorism CENTERVILLE, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2003 Management & Training Corp.'s director of corrections business development, Lane McCotter, has been ......
- Suit Filed Alleging Gay Inmates Brutalized...
Business Editors and Legal Writers INDIO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 2000 Attorneys Christopher Vader and Peter R. Cabrera Thursday announced that they are refiling charges on ......
- Inmates press Oregon to expand HCV care
A federal judge has authorized prisoners to seek a class action judgment against the Oregon Corrections Department to expand access to hepatitis C care. Current ......
- Vermont tries to cut costs of rented beds
Vermont issued a request for proposal for 300 out-of-state beds in a bid to reduce costs. Vermont has contracted for about 500 beds a year ......
- N.H. SOLICITS BIDS FOR 1,000 OUT-OF-STATE BEDS
New Hampshire Gov. Craig Benson issued a request for proposals to provide 1,000 rented medium-security beds in another state. The state will consider both public ......
- South Dakota: Panel recommends lower phone charges
The State Corrections Commission suggested the Corrections Department take steps to lower phone charges for inmates. The commission adopted a resolution in opposition to the ......
- Arkansas prepares to open 872 new beds
The Arkansas Corrections Department will open 872 new beds in July, but officials said the capacity expansion would still meet only about half of current ......
- 50% HAVE DRUG, MENTAL DISABILITIIES IN MAINE
More than half the inmates in Maine's prisons suffer from either mental illness or substance abuse or both. The Corrections Department made the estimates based ......
- Mississippi: Lawmakers reject prison job program
The legislature rejected a Corrections Department job-training program, electing instead to award the contract to a private company. Prison Industries submitted a bid of $991,520 ......
- 4th Circuit decides on property right
The 4th Circuit ruled that an inmate does not have "property" rights to funds in his prison accounts when the director of a state corrections ......
- California sees recidivism fall in step with...
California has experienced a nearly one-third decline in recidivism since increasing the parole budget and placing more emphasis on monitoring released offenders. California added $24 ......
- N.H. budget proposal closes women's unit
New Hampshire proposed closing a woman's prison and curtailing some education programs to hold down costs in a proposed $151 million biennial budget. The Corrections ......
- Wisconsin: Lawmakers cast eye at sentencing law
The legislature will consider revisions to the truth-in-sentencing law that has accelerated costs for the Corrections Department. The law required all felons convicted after Jan....
- Idaho lawmakers kill drug care proposal
Idaho lawmakers gutted the governor's proposal to enhance substance abuse treatment and education programs in state prisons. Although the legislature has yet to complete work ......