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In recent years, there has been another uptick in interest of some citizens in the Evergreen State to split the state into two separate states. I think we should just leave it the way it is and, apparently, the folks at US News and World Report agree.

The Washington Post claimed Trump told a Georgia state elections investigator to "find the fraud." An audio recording showed otherwise.

Prison oversight bill laudable, poorly executed (Shutterstock)  By some accounts, 2021 is shaping up to be: “The year of criminal justice reform.” Bills are advancing through initial committees with much bipartisan support, including those to improve diversion programs, drug treatment for addicts, re-entry preparation and transition, flexibility for judges to depart from mandatory minimums, reinstating home arrest, expungement of criminal records, and sentencing reforms that would allow so...

WATCH: Off-duty Correctional Officer catches a bridge jumper Police officers are always on duty. Even in their downtime when the uniform is hung up after the shift, they dont let their guard down. This was certainly the case for todays #BlueFriday honoree, Corrections Officer Faustino Saucedo. It was a Sunday afternoon and Officer Saucedo had left his home to drive to pick up his wife. His situational awareness in high gear always, he noticed a man on the side of a bridge. Acting immediately, h...

Task force urges independent oversight of St. Louis jail March 12, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail ST. LOUIS (AP) — A task force appointed to examine concerns about a troubled St. Louis jail is urging the city to create an independent oversight board to help oversee the lockup, according to a report released Friday. Task force leaders shared the report with Mayor Lyda Krewson. The Rev. Darryl Gray, a longtime racial justice advocate who chairs the task force, said the creation of an oversight board...

Date Time Police arrest woman over drug trafficking in Port Augusta, South Australia Detectives from the Police Corrections Team today arrested a 60-year-old woman from Port Augusta for trafficking a controlled drug, introduce drug to a correctional institution and abuse of public office. The woman will appear in the Port Augusta Magistrates Court on 12 April. Police investigate the introduction or attempted introduction of any contraband into all prisons collaboratively with the Department for...

2 ADOC employees indicted over inmate assault allegations Two Alabama Department of Corrections employees are accused of assaulting an inmate an inmate at Staton Correctional Facility. (Source: ADOC) By WSFA Staff | March 10, 2021 at 2:41 PM CST - Updated March 10 at 3:21 PM MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Two Alabama Department of Corrections employees have been indicted by a federal grand jury on five counts. Prosecutors say the men assaulted an inmate at Staton Correctional Facility and mad...

Sens. Tony Vargas and Anna Wishart sought assurances that putting aside money equal to the first two years of a four-year project would not tempt the administration to “buy a

Australian Greens Evidence in the Budget Estimates hearing into Corrections this morning has disclosed that two First Nations people have died in NSW prisons in the last week alone. One of these deaths, that of a mid-50s First Nations woman in Silverwater Women’s prison on 5th March has been identified as an unnatural death. The Department of Corrections this morning confirmed they have a policy of not proactively informing the public of any deaths in custody because of claimed concerns this ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — State prosecutors have charged 100 people in what they said...