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Prison Task Force Wants Changes at Northern - AP
17-December-2008
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A state task force will vote next month on whether to recommend using the maximum-security Northern Correctional Institution in Somers exclusively for inmates with behavior problems, under a plan to reduce assaults on staff. |
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Union reps dispute Manson Youth Institution assault report - Record-Journal
17-December-2008
CHESIRE - The Department of Correction contends a study that found an average increase of inmate-on-staff assualts in state prisons does not apply to Manson Youth Institution, in the Chesire prison complex. |
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Maximum-Security Prison's Mission Debated - Hartford Courant
17-December-2008
Northern Correctional Institution opened in 1995 to house the 300 worst convicts in Connecticut - those who assault guards or other inmates, start riots or prove to be an escape risk. |
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MRSA in Prisons - Fox 61 News
09-September-2008
News Clip regarding MRSA in prisons. |
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Is there MRSA in Prison? - Fox 61 News
03-September-2008
News clip from Fox 61 |
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Prison hostages released in Maine - Journal Inquirer
01-July-2008
WARREN, Maine — Two hostages held by a knife-wielding prisoner were released Monday night without serious injury and the hostage taker was back in custody following an hours-long drama at the Maine State Prison, home to the state’s most dangerous offenders, officials said.
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Fight Erupts on Death Row in Somers Prison - Journal Inquirer
15-May-2008
State police and Correction Department officials are investigating a fight between two death row inmates Wednesday afternoon, a day after another inmate was killed in a fight at a Suffield prison. |
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Prisons for Profit - CT Public Television
09-May-2008
Corporations are running many Americans prisons, but will they put profits before prisoners?
A grim new statistic: One in every hundred Americans is now locked behind bars. As the prison population grows faster than the government can build prisons, private companies see an opportunity for profit.
This week, NOW on PBS investigates the government's trend to outsource prisons and prisoners to the private sector. Critics accuse private prisons of standing in the way of sentencing reform and sacrificing public safety to maximize profits.
"The notion that a corporation making a profit off this practice is more important to us than public safety or the human rights of prisoners is outrageous," Judy Greene, a criminal policy analyst, tells NOW on PBS.
Companies like Corrections Corporation of America say they're doing their part to solve the problem of inmate overflow and a shortage of beds without sacrificing safety.
"You don't cut corners to where it's going to be a safety, security or health issue," Richard Smelser, warden of the Crowley Correctional Facility in Colorado tells NOW. The prison is run by Corrections Corporation, which had revenues of over $1.4 billion last year.
The Crowley prison made headlines back in 2004 after a major prison riot caused overwhelmed staff to run away from the facility. Outside law enforcement had to come in to put down the uprising.
"The problems that were identified in the wake of the riot are typical of the private prison industry and happen over and over again," Green tells NOW.
This week NOW travels to Colorado, where the controversy over private prisons is boiling over. The hot question: should incarceration be incorporated?
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Guards attacked at Northern, Osborn - Journal Inquirer
20-March-2008
Inmates attacked correctional officers at Northern and Osborn correctional institutions this past weekend. |
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Union renews call for more prison guards - Journal Inquirer
11-March-2008
SOMERS - Correctional officers gathered outside Northern Correctional Institution on Monday to advocate for increased staffing in the state's prisons in the wake of several recent attacks on officers by inmates. |
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Prison fight notice sought - Journal Inquirer
08-March-2008
State Sen. John A. Kissel on Friday announced a plan to introduce legislation that would require the Department of Correction to notify state and local elected officials within 24 hours of a prison assault.
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State police investigating two separate inmate attacks on guards at Somers prison: Authorities seek the arrest of death row inmate in one of the incidents - Journal Inquirer
07-March-2008
State police have been investigating two recent attacks on correctional officers - one by a death row inmate - at the Northern Correctional Institution in Somers, Correction Department Spokesman Brian Garnett said this week.
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Parole Ban Is Lifted Slowly - Hartford Courant
08-February-2008
Scores of violent felons did not suddenly bolt through prison gates after Gov. M. Godi Rell lifted her four-month ban on parole on Jan. 28. |
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Prisons adjust to increase in inmates - Advocate
20-January-2008
The state Department of Correction has taken prison officers off nonessential posts to guard the increased number of inmates without increasing overtime spending, according to officials and department records.
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