Justice Department to End Use of Private Prisons
WASHINGTON — Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates instructed in a memo last week for Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) officials to either decline to renew the contracts for private prison operators…
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Maine Lawmakers Commit to Repairing County Jail System
AUGUSTA, Maine — Months after U.S. Department of Justice reviewer Rod Miller warned that Maine’s county jail system was “possibly about to run over a cliff,” state lawmakers have resolved to find a correctional funding fix in their current session.
Orleans Parish Prison Consent Decree is Result of Poor Facilities, Sheriff Says
NEW ORLEANS — The security failings of the Orleans Parish Prison (OPP) are due to poor conditions of prison facilities, according to Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman.
Recycling Efforts Recognized at FCI-McDowell
WELCH, W.Va. — All the Federal Bureau of Prisons are required to have a recycling program, but the program at FCI-McDowell in Welch, W.Va., is receiving praise for going above and beyond — and creating savings for the facility.
The program started back in 2010 and has been creating a buzz around the facility and in the correctional industry.
“In the first quarter of this year [2012] we’ve diverted 227,859 pounds of waste from the facility,” said M. Austin, recycling technician at McDowell.