Arizona, Michigan DOCs Announce New Mail Procedures
The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR) and the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) recently announced new procedures for handling and distributing mail to incarcerated individuals at their facilities.




Correctional News spoke with three SEC industry leaders to catch up on the evolution of the SEC industry.
BELLEFONTE, Pa. — At the time of the contract award, the new State Correctional Institution at Benner Township in Bellefonte, Pa., was the largest correctional facility the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania had built in the past 10 years. The 629,573-square-foot, 2,000-bed facility will create nearly 600 jobs in the process.
Sierra Detention Systems named Keith Thoene chief operations officer. The move comes in response to the company’s growth in projects across the U.S. and its desire to bolster the operations team. Thoene began work at Sierra in 2001. As chief operating officer, he will be leading and supporting Sierra’s operations with Bobby Butler and Mike Rypkema.