Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Archives

Ohio Agency Aims to Replace or Renovate High-Security Prisons

February 4, 2020January 30, 2020 Correctional News 802 Views Columbus, Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Gov. DeWine, Ohio

Ohio’s prison system is aiming to replace or renovate some of its high-security prisons as it said its current facilities for violent inmates are “functionally obsolete” and creating security risks for the agency.

Brown Signs New Prison Population Plan Into Law

September 18, 2013September 25, 2013 1884 Views Children’s Medical Center, Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, pentobarbital, Western U.S., William Echols

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Following a bitter battle between California Gov. Jerry Brown and a three-judge federal panel, lawmakers have approved a $315 million plan to bring California’s prison population in compliance with federal orders.