Corrections director advocates for embattled state agency: 'Prison is not Disneyland'
As the DOC asks for a 1.7% budget increase, the agency and its leader are the target of legislation intended to spotlight ...
Anchorage robbery suspect was out on reduced bail but never drug tested, court records show
The man Anchorage police said attempted to rob a spa and tie up an employee before police say they shot him twice when he ...
Man shot by police in robbery attempt was wearing ankle monitor from previous robbery indictment
Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case provided updates Wednesday to the two officer-involved shootings that took place on ...
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Former Arizona corrections officer allegedly distributed drugs and contraband within prison complex, community, officials say
An officer within the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry is no longer employed after distributing drugs and contraband to inmates, the ADCRR said in a statement to 12News.
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Kemp recommends raises for correctional officers
(The Center Square) – Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is recommending an additional $372 million for the Department of Corrections, which includes a 4% pay raise for correctional officers. State behavioral ...
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On This Day in 1959, Alaska—One of America’s Riskiest Investments—Became the 49th State in the Union
Before Alaska became an American state, Russia invaded and subjugated its people for fur trading Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent America’s largest state—encompassing mountains, coasts ...
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New policies for discrimination complaints coming to Department of Corrections
(The Center Square) – The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections will soon implement new internal affairs policies following the first completed reports of the Citizen Law Enforcement Advisory and ...
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Special prosecutor appointed in death of man beaten by New York corrections officers
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This image provided by the New York State Attorney General office shows body camera footage of correction ...
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Idaho Department of Correction 160th Anniversary
ICIO – As 2024 comes to an end, the Idaho Department of Correction wraps up its 160th anniversary. Back in 1864 the first two territorial prisons opened. One in Lewiston, and one in Idaho City, just ...
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NYS Dept. of Corrections confirms officers on unpaid leave following Robert Brooks' death
NEW YORK (WRGB) — The 13 Corrections Officers implicated by the NYS Attorney General's Office in the death of Robert Brooks are suspended without pay, according to the NYSDOCCS. New York State ...
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Governor delays salary study as staffing shortages continue to hobble Alaska government
According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game ... state departments — including the departments of Administration, Corrections, Fish and Game, Environmental Conservation, Family and ...
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Fatal beating of Black inmate in New York draws probes, outrage
A still of bodycam footage of correction officers around a handcuffed man, Robert Brooks, 43, at the Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County, N.Y., on Dec. 9. Footage shows several corrections ...