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Jun 1, 2021 | 4:42 AM DeLand, FL – Once the consent agenda is discussed and approved by the Volusia County Council today, members will turn to presentations and proclamations. The newly merged Conklin Davis Center for the Visually Impaired CEO, Ronee David, will give a presentation on the agency’s vision, mission, and on programs available for the vision-impaired. The agency is a combination of the Conklin Center for the Blind, founded by Millard Conklin in 1979, and the Center for the Visually Impaired, founded by Kathy Davis in 1988.  The proclamation names June 1, 2021 as Jim Chis...

As COVID-19 vaccination distribution has expanded across the country, incarcerated people remain one of the populations that is both most vulnerable to COVID-19 and most distrustful of medical care, according to several legal advocacy organizations.  Some Chicago-based organizations are working to combat this vaccine hesitancy by distributing public service announcements and educational guides, aimed at providing information to incarcerated individuals to encourage them to get the vaccine. Vaccines are freely available to all incarcerated individuals. Westside Justice Center created a vaccin...

Mayor Tishaura Jones announced Corrections Division Commissioner Dale Glass's retirement Wednesday Author: Christine Byers (KSDK) Updated: 12:33 PM CDT May 14, 2021 ST. LOUIS — Charlene Deeken isn’t one for the spotlight, but this week’s abrupt retirement of Corrections Division Commissioner Dale Glass changed that. “You know I’m not keen on this sort of thing,” she told me as our interview began. “But this bothers me a lot. “It bothers me a great deal that he's been disrespected in this fashion.” Deeken retired April 20, the day St. Louis May...

Corrections employees speak out about conditions at downtown St. Louis jail Detainees need nothing more than a piece of paper to compromise the locks on their cells and start fires Author: Christine Byers (KSDK) Updated: 6:00 AM CDT May 7, 2021 ST. LOUIS — A piece of paper serves as a key and a spark inside the City Justice Center in downtown St. Louis. It’s all any detainee being held there needs to compromise the locks on their cells and put into electrical outlets to start fires during a riot, according to a Corrections Division employee who spoke to the...

Sober Grid Announces Cassondra Branderhorst as Vice President of Community and Criminal Justice Programs Share Article Cassondra to spearhead the expansion of government-funded programs including criminal justice and community programs for Sober Grid CLEVELAND (PRWEB) May 06, 2021 Sober Grid, the world’s leading digital Sober living community, today announced the appointment of Cassondra (Cassie) Branderhorst as Vice President of Community and Criminal Justice Programs. In her role, Branderhorst will spearhead the expansion of...