New York DOC’s Perspective on Successful Technology Evaluation
When it comes to introducing technology, every correctional agency has its own method for making decisions on what to purchase.
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Banned Books Raise Inmate Rights Issues in the Northeast
The words of Oscar Wilde and other famous authors soon won’t be available to some inmates in New York and New Jersey whose reading choices are being decided — and some say denied — by the states in which they’re incarcerated.
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Shuttered Arthur Kill Correctional Facility Gets New Life on Screen
The Arthur Kill Correctional Facility on Staten Island, NY is finally becoming a major film studio and television production hub.
Read moreNew Baltimore Juvenile Jail Draws Strong Opposition
Opposition was strong at a recent Senate Budget and Taxation Committee hearing on the proposed construction of a new youth detention center in Baltimore City to house youths charged as adults with violent crimes.
Read moreDetention Facilities Embrace Green Technology
FREDERICK, Md. — The Frederick County Adult Detention Center in Maryland is joining the growing list of prisons that are going green.
The 400-inmate jail is in the process of adding a solar energy array as part of a previously planned project to replace the roof. The solar panel installation is being managed by Solar Energy Services, while Citiroof Corporation is conducting the roof replacement part of the project.
Read morePotential Security Breach Leads to Replacement of Maryland Inmate Workers
BALTIMORE — Some Medicaid users may be worried after auditors in Maryland revealed that inmates had access to patients’ Social Security numbers.
Read moreMd. Youth Jail To Be Scaled Back
BALTIMORE — Construction of a juvenile detention center in East Baltimore could be delayed by a year after state prison officials announced they would reduce the size of the proposed $70 million facility.
Officials made the decision after the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, an Oakland, Calif.-based nonprofit that conducts research on juvenile justice, released a study contending the state will only need 117 juvenile beds over the next 30 years under current sentencing policies.
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Md. Considers Releasing Inmates to Save Money
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — State legislators are considering cost-cutting ideas that include releasing enough inmates to close a prison in Maryland.
In addition to closing one facility, staff at other prisons could be cut to a minimum. It may not be feasible for the state to maintain the $700 million needed to support corrections operations. Rep.
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Working for Re-Entry
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The Frederick County Work Release Center in Maryland, a published project in the Academy of Justice Architecture’s 2007 Justice Facilities Review, exemplifies what many corrections professionals consider a re-emergence of emphasis on offender re-entry.
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