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Nebraska’s Office of the Inspector General overseeing prisons is asking the state Department of Correctional Services to end a practice called “double bunking” in restrictive housing. Iowa Reynolds: Perry school shooting prompted more requests for Iowa school safety grants Updated: Nov. 22, ...
New York released areportwith the most recent number of violent assaults on inmates in state prisons. There were 134 inmate deaths noted in the report, although it doesn't break down the prisons where each death occurred or who caused them. Here's a look at some of the general violent i...
Delaware.(inmate mortality rates at state prisons)(Brief article)Ireland, Tim
DOJ Probes Inmate Safety at Two State PrisonsThe Department of Justice has begun civil rights investigationsinto allegations of prisoner...By Brian BowlingTony LaRussaIrwin/McGraw-Hill
Unlawful Inmate Behavior in Higher-Custody State PrisonsMichael D. Reisig
A state-level analysis of sentencing policies and inmate crowding in state prisons. Crime and Delinquency - Wooldredge - 1996 () Citation Context ...example, presumptive sentencing guidelines, mandatory sentencing) and levels of incarceration, since such policies often dictate which types of offense ...
Modeling Inmate Crime and Deviance across State Operated Prisons and Correctional FacilitiesSteiner, BenjaminWooldredge, John
Background:Heart disease (HD) is the leading cause of death of inmates incarcerated in state prisons in the US, as it is in the general population. However, in 2001-2019 the mortality rate of HD in incarcerated populations was reported to increase, while it decreased in the US population....