Corrections
Oklahoma Dept. Of Corrections Providing New Technology For Inmates
The Oklahoma Department of Corrections is partnering with Securus Technologies to get tablets in the hands of incarcerated inmates. Thousands of tablets will be distributed to correctional facilities throughout the state. Oklahoma Department of Corrections chief administrator of communications and government relations Justin Wolf said the initiative will provide inmates with more resources to the …
Breaking the cycle of repeat offenses
CAPE CORAL, FLA — Policing and the push to improve it, is heavy on the minds of many, especially now. One major criticism is that law enforcement is heavy-handed and over-policing communities and people for non-violent crimes over and over. The Florida Sheriff’s Research Institute recently hit back against that claim, with this report. In …
West Virginia Nazi salute: Corrections employees in Hail Byrd photo fired by Gov. Jim Justice
One additional staff member at the Corrections Academy was also recommended for firing, joining two other workers who were fired on Dec. 6, a day after the photo of the training class emerged publicly. Four other academy staff members will be suspended without pay. “As I said from the beginning, I condemn the photo of …
BREAKING: Corrections officer shot dead in front of Bilibid
MANILA, Philippines — A Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) officer was shot dead in front of the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) in Muntinlupa on Wednesday morning. A report from BuCor spokesman Maj. Alberto Tapiru identified the victim as CO1 Porferio Bergula, assigned at the Medium Security Compound. Initial investigation showed that Bergula was near a restaurant …
Jeffrey Epstein death: Corrections officers may have falsified reports saying they checked on financier
New York — Corrections officers may have falsified reports saying they checked on Jeffrey Epstein as required by protocol, according to a law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation into Epstein’s apparent suicide. Multiple sources told CBS News that Epstein’s cellmate at the Metropolitan Correctional Center posted bail last Friday, leaving Epstein alone in …
