Department of Correction settles deaf inmate lawsuit, agrees to provide accommodations • Tennessee Lookout
The Tennessee Department of Corrections has agreed to provide videophobia, sign language interpreters and other accommodations to deaf people in Tennessee prisons, and settled a five-year-old lawsuit alleging that the state’s treatment of deaf prisoners violated federal law. Legal settlements also prohibit the department from punishing or punishing deaf prisoners for using sign language or […]
‘Meet The Press’ Issues Correction On VP Harris’s Attendance At Dignified Transfer Of Killed American Service Members
“Meet the Press” corrected an exchange between host Kristen Welker and Republican Sen. Tim Cotton of Arkansas on Sunday as they debated President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump's response to the 13 U.S. soldiers who were killed during the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Welker The article erroneously stated that both President Joe Biden and […]
Maricopa Co. Sheriff calls for changes to correction officer benefits
PHOENIX — Public safety and law enforcement positions have struggled to fill for years, showing that the problem is not limited to one geographic region of the United States. However, in Arizona, staffing the critical departments of detention officers and correctional officers was significantly more difficult than other departments. Sheriffs across the state say they […]
