Doing More with Less: The State of the DEC Industry
In this DEC Roundtable, Correctional News spoke with industry experts to get a pulse on the current DEC market and what the future holds.
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Coastal Detention Holdings Acquires Southern Folger
Coastal Detention Holdings LLC has announced it will purchase Southern Folger Detention Equipment Company LLC.
Read moreNorth Carolina Policy Seeks to Decrease Prison Suicide Rates
RALEIGH, N.C. — Prompted by a rash of recent inmate suicides, North Carolina correctional officials published new policies and procedures on June 1 intended to prevent inmate attempts at self-harm. One North Carolina inmate committed suicide in January, and four additional suicides occurring between mid-April and early May brought the crisis to a head.
Read moreTexas Announces Jail Safety Standards Committee
AUSTIN, Texas — In August, Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and Senator John Whitmire announced that the state will conduct an interim study on jail safety standards and practices.
Attitude, Communication Can Prevent Suicides
Suicides have become synonymous with correctional facilities. Reports of apparent suicides and attempted suicides populate the pages of newspapers and other media outlets almost daily. But despite the abundance of such reports, suicide rates have dropped at state prisons and local jails during the last 20 years, according the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics.
A recent report revealed that jail suicide rates have declined from 129 per 100,000 inmates in 1983 to 47 per 100,000 inmates in 2002.
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