9Mar 2016
Mar 9, 2016
Idaho, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas

Shortage of prison guards a big problem in many states

In 2015, Idaho, North Carolina, Texas, and Oklahoma started programs to try to combat serious shortages and high turnover in prison staff. Now several more states, including Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, and West Virginia, are working on the problem. The states are trying to increase the

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Idaho, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas
26Feb 2016
Feb 26, 2016
Inmate Records, New Jersey

Overall Prison Population Shows Decreasing Trend

A recent report from The Sentencing Project, a criminal justice advocacy organization, shows an overall 2.9% decline in the number of prisoners in both federal and state prisons from 1999 to 2014. This has been accomplished by various changes in practice and policy that have been implemented

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Inmate Records, New Jersey