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May 3, 2022 by San Quentin News

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CDCR announces new grievance process

May 2, 2022 by San Quentin News Contributor

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The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has announced new “Grievance” forms and procedures to replaced the former Appeals … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Institutions, Most Read, Recently Posted

Department of Corrections settles prisoners’ disability lawsuit

May 2, 2022 by Harry C. Goodall Jr.

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VERMONT  A number of current and former Vermont prisoners with disabilities will receive $80,000 in compensation under a recent settlement, The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Institutions, Legal, Recently Posted

Federal women’s facility plagued by allegations of staff sexual misconduct

April 20, 2022 by Jad Salem

A federal prison for women in California is riddled with allegations of staff sexually abusing prisoners. The warden and three other staff members … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Institutions, Legal, Recently Posted

Mixed reactions to ‘pay-to-stay’ jails in SoCal 

March 24, 2022 by Charles Crow

Some detainees pay $200 or more per day for creature comforts  In Southern California, “pay-to-stay” jails offer large private cells with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Institutions, Recently Posted Tagged With: county jail, Los Angeles

Hawaii Prison Workers Against Vaccine

February 28, 2022 by Randy Hansen

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The union representing federal prison workers in Hawaii join protests against President Joe Biden’s executive order for Mandatory Vaccines for the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Institutions, Legal, News Briefs, Recently Posted Tagged With: Hawaii, news briefs

Ohio courts make COVID shots condition of probation

January 23, 2022 by Rickey Goins

Two Ohio judges have ordered defendants to get COVID-19 vaccinations as a condition of their probation or face prison time, the New York Times … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Care, Institutions, Recently Posted Tagged With: COVID-19, Ohio

Incoming mail goes all-digital in Ohio

January 19, 2022 by Brandon T. Genest

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Ohio plans to digitally scan all incoming mail to prisoners in an attempt to curb the smuggling of contraband drugs.  “Having the ability to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Institutions, Recently Posted Tagged With: contraband cellphones, drugs, Ohio

$400M in pandemic funds diverted to prison construction

January 12, 2022 by Bruce Bowman

Alabama has diverted virus pandemic relief money to help build new super prisons and renovate old ones, The Associated Press reports. The state … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Institutions, Recently Posted, RESOURCES Tagged With: Alabama, COVID-19

CDCR’s grand gesture: The pizza party apology

November 23, 2021 by Joe Garcia

State’s COVID settlement offer includes pizza party as ‘morale booster’ Prison officials offered a series of concessions including a pizza party … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CDCR, Institutions, Money, Politics Tagged With: COVID-19

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