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By Terry Campbell, Professor, Purdue University Global Published: 05/03/2021 We have seen this topic before and I would like for you to do a self-evaluation and see if you are satisfied with your leisure time results. Corrections staff (uniform and non-uniform) have faced year 2020 with many challenges and these have carried over to present. Even with these uncontrolled events, for the most part, corrections has attempted to help control for these areas: COVID (Staff and Offender challen...

MDOC Corrections Commissioner speaks at local church in Columbia MDOC Corrections Commissioner speaks at local church in Columbia By Branden Walker | May 2, 2021 at 10:41 PM CDT - Updated May 2 at 10:41 PM COLUMBIA, Miss. (WDAM) - The Mississippi Department of Corrections’ Corrections Commissioner Burl Cain spoke at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Columbia Sunday about moral rehabilitation programs MDOC is bringing to prisons across the state. Cain says the hope is to get more inmates to lear...

Why Correctional Facilities Should Purchase Products in Bundles By Robert Kravitz, President AlturaSolutions Published: 05/03/2021 In the early 2000s, a small independent internet service provider (ISP) found it was facing a growing army of stiff competition from much larger ISPs worldwide. Making matters worse, many of these larger companies were offering the same services at a lower cost. Looking for ways to compete, the smaller company realized quickly that lowering their charges w...

Harry Bowers and Lawrence Spradley captured races for New Braunfels city council, and all of proposed city charter amendments passed in unofficial election totals Saturday evening. With all nine of the county’s polling locations in, Bowers, the District 3 city council incumbent, defeated challenger Kevin Robles, with 1,027 votes (84.25%) to Robles’ 192 votes (15.75%). In the District 4 race, Spradley defeated Joy Harvey, 522 votes to 475, or 52.36% to 47.64%. Winning Comal ISD trustee...

For Jasmine Klein, life in Vermont's prisons has been a punishment beyond her sentence. Last November, Klein, a transgender woman, was transferred to Chittenden Regional...

Sanctuary State Colorado: Convicted Illegal Alien Gang Member Arrested Five Years After Release into U.S. A convicted illegal alien gang member has been arrested about five years after the sanctuary state of Colorado released him into American communities instead of turning him over to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Enrique Guzman-Rincon, a 29-year-old illegal alien gang member, was arrested by ICE agents on April 9, roughly five years after the Colorado Department of Correction...

Corrections applies for intense supervision due to 'high risk of sex offending in future'.

Her legacy is written in stone: Douglas County corrections officer dies of COVID-19 complications In 2018, the county awarded Tanya Burnside the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "Living the Dream" award for her work and support of diversity, equity and justice. Share Updated: 10:19 PM CDT Apr 23, 2021 Her legacy is written in stone: Douglas County corrections officer dies of COVID-19 complications In 2018, the county awarded Tanya Burnside the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "Living the Dream" aw...

Officer seriously hurt by inmate at state penitentiary April 24, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail WALLA WALLA, Wash. (AP) — An officer working at the Washington State Penitentiary was hurt by an inmate on Thursday, according to the Washington state Department of Corrections. Corrections spokesperson Jacque Coe told the Walla Walla Union Bulletin in an emailed statement that the officer at the Walla Walla prison “sustained serious injuries.” The officer was attacked by a man in a residential unit...

Oregon sued for charging inmates for medical devices April 23, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A class action lawsuit has been filed claiming the Oregon Department of Corrections is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act because it charges prisoners with disabilities for prosthetics and other medical devices they need. The suit was filed this week in federal court by Portland attorney Lynn Walsh and nonprofit legal organization Disability Rights Advocates, Oregon Public...