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• Enjoy the Rodeo and Smell the Down-Home Southern Cooking

  Filed under: Rodeo

  A National Public Radio (NPR) broadcast, Broncos and Boudin: The Angola Prison Rodeo , by the Kitchen Sisters will have your mouth watering for boudin balls, cracklins, crawfish etouffee, boiled peanuts and more. This is an interesting piece about the Louisiana State Penitentiary and the Angola Prison Rodeo which originally started in 1964. Listen to... Read More » Posted Apr 17 2008, 07:53 AM by Sandy Schilling with 1 comment(s) | 193 views

• Bureau of Prisons Staff Protest Budget Cuts

  Source: National Public Radio/Morning Edition February 13, 2008 Federal correctional officers are gathering outside the Justice Department on Wednesday to protest budget cuts and cutbacks to the federal inmate work program. The officers say it's the only program they have left to keep inmates out of trouble. To listen to this audio broadcast, go... Read More » Posted Feb 13 2008, 12:03 PM by Tom Reid with no comments | 619 views

• Idaho tops PETA's list of the Top 10 Vegetarian-Friendly State Prison Systems

  From the PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) website: Boise, Idaho - With the demand for meatless options rising at an unprecedented rate, the healthy and humane trend has even found its way behind bars. PETA researched which states are doing the best job meeting their prison inmates' hunger for meatless meals, and the results are... Read More » Posted Dec 20 2007, 12:43 PM by Tom Reid with 3 comment(s) | 506 views

• "Center for the Correctional Work Force of the Future" opens at ACA

  The new Center for the Correctional Work Force of the Future is officially open at the ACA headquarters in Alexandria, VA. The operation of this center has been made possible through funding by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Center will have many functions, and ACA envisions it as a vehicle to assist the association's corrections colleagues... Read More » Posted Dec 11 2007, 11:36 AM by Tom Reid with no comments | 481 views

• Do You Believe in Faith-Based Prisons?

  Filed under: Evaluation, Religion, Faith-Based

  A new report, Evaluation of Florida's Faith- and Character-Based Institutions , has been published by the Urban Institute . Florida runs two FCBIs - one correctional facility (Lawtey) for male inmates and another institution (Hillsborough) which offers the program for female inmates. According to the abstract of the report, "This research provides... Read More » Posted Oct 23 2007, 07:11 PM by Sandy Schilling with 4 comment(s) | 771 views

• Research Claims a Cure for Hepatitis C

  Filed under: Research, Medical/Mental Health

  Science Daily has released an article outlining a research study done on hepatitis C conducted by Virginia Commonwealth University. The study, headed up by Mitchell Shiffman, M.D., a professor in the Virginia Commonwealth University Shool of Medicine, determined that "Nearly all -- 99 percent -- of patients with hepatitis C who were treated successfully... Read More » Posted May 23 2007, 10:58 AM by cgordon with 2 comment(s) | 1,784 views

• Medical Causes of Death in State Prisons, 2001-2004

  Filed under: Deaths in custody, Statistics

  Data collected under the Death in Custody Reporting Program (DCRP) indicate half of all state prisoner deaths between 2001-2004 were the result of heart diseases and cancer. This report contains the first national data collected and published on the number, characteristics, and circumstances of the 10 leading causes of state prisoner deaths. Highlights... Read More » Posted Mar 09 2007, 10:08 AM by CC Pro with no comments | 2,255 views

• Report on In-Prison Substance Abuse Programs in California

  Filed under: Drugs/Alcohol, Evaluations

  A special review examining the in-prison substance abuse programming managed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has been published by the California Office of the Inspector General (OIG). This review contains findings that detail the practices that have impacted treatment effectiveness within California institutions... Read More » Posted Feb 22 2007, 11:02 AM by CC Pro with 1 comment(s) | 2,201 views

• A Tool to Evaluate Program Effectiveness?

  Filed under: What Works, Evidence-Based Practices

  Agencies across the country are seeking ways to incorporate evidence-based practices into their programming. While not yet approved for Departmental use, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's Office of Research, and the Center for Evidence Based Corrections at UC Irvine, have created a training manual that describes the California... Read More » Posted Feb 12 2007, 12:00 PM by Eileen Conway with no comments | 2,268 views

• Protocols for the Medical Management of Exposures

  The Federal Bureau of Prisons has released clinical practice guidelines providing specific recommendations for the medical management of exposures occurring in correctional environments. These guidelines include, but are not limited to, the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV) viruses. These guidelines also provide... Read More » Posted Jan 24 2007, 04:18 PM by CC Pro with no comments | 1,502 views

• Restrictions on Inmate Lawsuits Eased

  Filed under: Legal

  The Supreme Court of the United States , in a unanimous decision , held that some courts are too restrictive in barring inmate lawsuits alleging violations of civil rights. This ruling overturned procedural obstacles in the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that dismissed complaints alleging mistreatment brought by three Michigan inmates. The Prison... Read More » Posted Jan 23 2007, 10:13 AM by CC Pro with no comments | 1,763 views

• Longer Life in Prison than Free?

  Filed under: Research, Deaths in custody

  Is prison the place to be to live a longer life? The Bureau of Justice Statistics has released Medical Causes of Death in State Prisons, 2001-2004 . Among its findings are that "State prisoners had a 19% lower death rate than the adult U.S. resident population; among blacks the morality rate was 57% lower among prisoners." Read More » Posted Jan 22 2007, 10:21 AM by Eileen Conway with no comments | 1,665 views

• Re-entry Housing Options...Interactive Chart Provides Ideas

  Welcome back after the holidays and I wish you a Happy New Year. I found this chart related to housing for formerly incarcerated persons. This issue continues to be a major challenge nationally. The Re-Entry Policy Council of the Council of State Governments Justice Center has developed this interactive chart as a resource. Click here. This chart compares... Read More » Posted Jan 10 2007, 03:57 PM by Peggy L. Ritchie with no comments | 1,759 views

• Just how feministic are female offenders? What social norms do they live by?

  Filed under: Research, Women Offenders

  The University of California at Irvine just published a major research project called " Understanding the Female Offender". The project focuses on female offender behavior patterns: When do they persist and when do they desist? Read to find out: Is marriage a factor in criminal behavior or changes in behavior for females? Who are the "conventional... Read More » Posted Dec 19 2006, 09:37 AM by Peggy L. Ritchie with no comments | 2,144 views

• Controversy Surrounds this Prison Rape Report

  The long awaited report by Mark Fleisher on " The Culture of Prison Sexual Violence " is finally available to all. He takes us through historical research by the decades and then moves into the "Theoretical Approaches to Inmate Sexual Behavior" and "Research Literature on Women Inmates". Mr. Fleisher continues with his... Read More » Posted Dec 18 2006, 01:37 PM by Peggy L. Ritchie with 1 comment(s) | 2,624 views