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A shiv, also chiv, schiv, shivvie or shank, [1] [2] is a handcrafted bladed weapon resembling a knife that is commonly associated with prison inmates. Since weapons are prohibited in prisons, the intended mode of concealment is central to a shiv's construction.
This is a list of state correctional facilities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. [1] It does not include federal prisons or houses of correction located in Massachusetts (known in other states as county jails).
The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision is the department of the New York State government that maintains the state prisons and parole system. [1] There are 42 prisons funded by the State of New York, and approximately 28,200 parolees at seven regional offices as of 2022.
But in at least six of the state’s seven correctional facilities, including High Desert, officers can access shotguns loaded with birdshot in designated posts elevated above housing units, the dining hall or outside areas. Certain posts also contain Ruger Mini-14s, which are lethal semi-automatic rifles.
In a news release announcing the groundbreaking for the prisons, Slattery called the new facilities “the future of American corrections.” Among the new Correctional Services Corp. prisons was the Pahokee Youth Development Center, which sat in the middle of sugarcane fields in a rural, swampy part of the state northwest of Miami.
Raymond Laborde Correctional Center (RLCC), formerly Avoyelles Correctional Center (ACC), is a state prison of Louisiana, operated by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections. It is located in unincorporated Avoyelles Parish , Louisiana , [ 1 ] near Cottonport and about 30 miles (48 km) south of Alexandria .
Anthony Correctional Center 204 Neola: Greenbrier County: minimum Youthful Offender Facility [11] Beckley Correctional Center 137 Beckley: Raleigh County: minimum Work Release facility, male & female [12] Charleston Correctional Center 128 Charleston: Kanawha County: minimum Work Release facility, male & female [13]
A pre-teen Florida boy was handcuffed and thrown in county lockup after he alleged bragged about his massive cache of weapons and plans to execute a “kill list” at two different schools, a ...