During National Correctional Officers and Employees Week, A Veteran Corrections Leader Looks Back on Decades of Service and Change
I wasn’t planning a career in corrections.
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New Hampshire DOC Deploying Command Cloud Platform Statewide
GUARDIAN RFID announced on December 14 the New Hampshire Department of Corrections (NHDOC) has signed a multi-year agreement to rollout Command Cloud, the world’s first officer experience platform, in a statewide deployment to all NHDOC correctional facilities, correctional officers, and civilian employees.
New Hampshire Correctional Facility for Women Now Open
The New Hampshire Department of Corrections conducted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 26, 2018, to mark the opening of the new $50 million New Hampshire Correctional Facility for Women.
Maine Jail Law May Be Repealed
AUGUSTA, Maine — The future of a law aimed at easing prison overcrowding is uncertain after members of the Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee were asked recently to repeal or change the legislation it endorsed two years ago.
The law, which consolidated county jails throughout the state, has not reduced costs and kept tax rates down as it promised, prompting calls for its repeal.
Under the law counties pay a capped amount to run their jails and the state pays the rest of the cost, but jail and
Read More 6,100-Bed Facility Proposed in California County
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Read More Work on $56 million Jail Resumes
SAN ANDREAS, Calif. — Design work recently resumed on a Calaveras County jail project after county officials gave the green light to the $56 million project that had been at a standstill for more than two months.
Read More Proposed Jail Building Plan Could Cost Fresno County $3 Billion
FRESNO, Calif. — County supervisors are examining funding alternatives for an overhaul of the jail system after consultants estimated the 3,000-bed replacement and expansion project could cost up to $3 billion.
A needs assessment and master plan, developed by Sacramento–based consultants Daniel Smith and Associates to solve the county’s short- and long-term jail needs, outlines the replacement of aging facilities and expansion of bed capacity.
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