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New Alabama Corrections Post Meant to Improve Worker, Inmate Safety

An Alabama Department of Corrections veteran says she’s using her position as a deputy commissioner to improve worker education and inmate safety in women’s correctional facilities. The Montgomery Advertiser reported Sunday that the state Department of Corrections appointed Wendy Williams …

New York City Failing to Prevent Jail Suicides

In one case, a mentally ill New York City inmate hanged himself from a shower pipe on his third try in three days. During that stretch, orders to put him on 24-hour watch were apparently ignored, along with a screening …