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It was designed as the most secure prison within the Nevada Department of Corrections system. High Desert State Prison contains 12 housing units designed to house 336 inmates each. Each of units 1–8 are separated into four (4) sections called "pods." Each set of two "pods" shares a common control center and staff office.
The Retrieve Unit [1] (TDCJ code: RV), later the Wayne Scott Unit, [2] was a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison farm located in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas. [3] [4] The unit, southwest of Houston, [5] is along County Road 290, 8 miles (13 km) south of Angleton. Scott, which was established in September 1919, has about ...
In 2016 the state struck a deal with CCA that provided for an eighteen-month lease at no cost, and the return of state prisoners to state management as of July 1, 2016. While CCA, now known as CoreCivic, continues to own the facility, the Center has been leased and operated as an Oklahoma Department of Corrections-managed correctional facility.
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A corrections officer at the D.C. Jail was arrested for having marijuana in his locker at the jail after a police dog detected the presence of the drug. [31] [32] In 2014, a retired officer at the D.C. Jail sued the department of corrections for the right to carry guns after he reported receiving threats from inmates that he supervised. [33]
Jun. 12—New Decatur Police Chief Todd Pinion wasn't planning to become the city's top cop when he followed his oldest brother from Herrin, Illinois, to Alabama nearly two decades ago. A former ...
The Detroit House of Corrections, built in 1861, was owned and run by the city of Detroit but originally accepted prisoners from throughout the state including women. The Detroit House of Corrections was transferred to the state in 1986, renamed to Western Wayne Correctional Facility, and became a women's facility for the rest of its tenure.
A transgender woman who was assaulted by a male inmate while housed in a men’s unit at an Arizona penitentiary has won a $10,000 judgment in a federal civil rights lawsuit. Grace Pinson, 38, was ...