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Florida Department of Corrections overrules rejection of journalist’s memoir about her time in prison

ORLANDO, Fla. — A book that was banned from being circulated inside correctional facilities across Florida will soon be hitting the library shelves in state-run prisons.

Orlando Sentinel

Significant pay boost coming to Lexington jail workers

The head of Community Corrections in Lexington expects a significant pay hike to help recruit and retain officers at the jail.

WEKU

NPR uncovered secret execution tapes from Virginia. More remain hidden

Four tapes mysteriously donated to a library reveal uncertainty behind the scenes of the death chamber — and indicate the prison neglected to record evidence during an execution gone wrong.

WEKU

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Deputy NT Corrections Commissioner David Thompson takes stand at coronial inquest into Bernard Hector death inside Darwin prison

The Northern Territory's deputy corrections commissioner David Thompson defended the conduct of staff, saying 'no concerns' were raised as to Bernard Thompson's mental health prior to his death.

ABC News

Calls for Corrections to run police custody units

The Police Association and Corrections Association have renewed the idea that those in custody could be better looked after under a changed framework.

Newsroom.co.nz

Police investigate assaults on Auckland prisoners

Staffing shortages limiting out-of-cell time and visiting hours may have led to guards assaulting protesting inmates.

Newsroom.co.nz

When sex offenders go to rehab

The Detail looks at what happens when sex offenders go to rehabilitation - does it work?

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Dwayne Johnstone murder trial jury told officer acted lawfully when he shot shackled Indigenous man

A jury hears a NSW Corrections officer acted lawfully when he shot and killed a shackled Indigenous man in Lismore.

ABC News

Lying Illinois prison officers go unpunished in 2018 inmate death, despite convictions of three guards

Testimony in the case came from six Illinois Department of Corrections employees who admitted they lied to investigators. None has faced punishment, and they all continue to get regular pay increases.

Chicago Sun-Times

Records: Lying officers unpunished in 2018 inmate death

Three former Illinois prison guards face life in prison for a beating that led to the death of inmate Larry Earvin in 2018

The Independent UK

Clarence Correctional Centre denies prisoners face lockdown as officers strike for third time in four weeks

A union had said prisoners at Australia's largest jail faced being confined to the cells as prison officers walk off the job after rejecting an 11th-hour offer from private operator Serco.

ABC News

NSW minister concerned United Nations prison inspectors would 'pick on' state government

NSW Corrections Minister Geoff Lee says a UN delegation denied access to inspect jails in the state had come to "pick on" the government and were targeting "spurious issues".

ABC News

Blame game after UN drops NSW jail visits

The NSW government says some of the state's prisons are sub-standard but blocked UN inspectors should visit countries not signed up to international protocols.

AAP

Florida Corrections Officers Paralyzed A Man, Then Left Him in Solitary Confinement

Craig Ridley died after corrections officers paralyzed him in a beating then left him without medical care for days.

Reason

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Five years on remand: Justice system breaks its own record

Time spent on remand continues to increase with Corrections confirming someone has been kept in prison for five years – and their case still isn’t sorted.

WEKU

With 12 in-custody deaths, Louisville activists say better health care needed to address jail crisis

AAP

MPs to mull 'no body, no parole' laws

Proposed laws in NSW to deny bail to killers who have not revealed the location of their victim's remains have been introduced to state parliament.

Newsroom.co.nz

Despite Govt concern, Māori are a growing majority of those sent to prison

Calls for changes to bail rules so Māori and those from other low-income communities aren't remanded straight to prison.

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Tribune News Service

Are the firing squad, electrocution constitutional? SC high court to hear issue in January

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Supreme Court will take up an appeal in January from Gov. Henry McMaster and Corrections Director Bryan Stirling of a state judge’s ruling earlier this month that both the electric chair and the firing squad execution methods are unconstitutional.

The Canberra Times

'Huge problems': Prison riots predicted as govt announces smoking ban

"I don't believe this is going to go as smoothly as they may think," a person involved in the prison system has warned.

The Independent UK

Alabama man's execution was botched, advocacy group alleges

An anti-death penalty group says Alabama corrections officials apparently botched a man's execution last month

Tribune News Service

Baltimore prosecutors drop cases of 25 state corrections officers charged under gang statute with using excessive force

BALTIMORE — Baltimore prosecutors have dropped the charges against 25 state correctional officers accused in 2019 of using excessive force against inmates and functioning as a criminal enterprise in jails around the city.

Tribune News Service

Do the electric chair, firing squad violate SC Constitution? Trial underway over methods

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Department of Corrections officials who will oversee executions by the electric chair and firing squad in South Carolina do not have the expertise to know how electric voltages or bullets affect the human body to the point of death, argue attorneys who represent three men awaiting…

Newsroom.co.nz

15 days too long for solitary confinement

The United Nations has banned prolonged solitary confinement, so why haven't we?

ABC News

Overcrowding creates 'unacceptable' prison conditions at Darwin Correctional Centre, lawyers claim

Staffing shortages and overcrowding are creating "unacceptable" conditions at Darwin Correctional Centre, legal advocates claim.

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