Pima County Corrections Officer drowns at Patagonia Lake
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Ariz. (KGUN) — A 20-year-old Pima County corrections officer drowned in Patagonia Lake in Santa Cruz County Wednesday night. Search and rescue divers found his body Thursday morning. Multiple agencies responded to the scene after reports of a drowning just after 7pm on Wednesday. As daylight returned Thursday morning, search and rescue […]
Yavapai County to send almost 4,000 sample ballot corrections
The sample ballots will not be used as official ballots under any circumstances, but the state plans to mail a corrected version after a printer error. Yavapai County, Ariz. — Voters in Yavapai County could receive a second sample ballot on Tuesday after the county's polls close. election bureau We discovered a printer error that […]
Maricopa County Attorney’s Office didn’t charge former Arizona Department of Corrections Director Charles Ryan with aggravated assault. Here’s why
Alexandra Holguin/KJZZ Charles Ryan in 2018. A former state corrections officer was not charged with aggravated assault after an armed standoff with police at his Tempe home. The Maricopa County Attorney kept his promise to explain his decision. Tempe police said Charles Ryan pointed a gun at officers during a standoff at his home in […]
Former Arizona Corrections Department director sentenced to probation
Former Arizona Department of Corrections director sentenced to probation local sports activities best of desert politics advertise Obituary electronic newspaper legal affairs Former Arizona prison warden Charles Ryan watches during a sentencing hearing in Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix on February 9, 2024. Mark Henle/The Republic Former Arizona prison warden Charles Ryan watches during […]
Alabama’s corrections system is broken because of the people in charge
There's a reason Alabama's correctional system is broken. Alabama's conservative leadership hopes to defeat that. It's really that simple. They have no intention of fixing it. They are not willing to understand its many flaws and injustices. They have no capacity to care about the human beings who suffer every day because of their indifference […]
Transgender Inmate Settles With Minnesota Department Of Corrections, Will Transfer To Women’s Facility, Get Surgery
A transgender woman who has settled with the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) will be transferred to a women’s facility to undergo vaginoplasty, Fox News reported Sunday. Christina Rusk, who was arrested in 2018 for felony drug offenses and was due to be incarcerated until 2024, was previously denied genital surgery by DOC medical director […]
State spending analysis: Which states spend the most on policing and corrections? | National
MoneyGeek analyzed police and correctional spending data for each state to find out where people spend the most money on law enforcement. States are ranked using spending per capita and percentage of total state and local spending to see which states spend the most on police and corrections. National per capita spending on law enforcement […]
Some towns get funding boost from Census Bureau corrections
After the U.S. Census Bureau announced the first round of official population corrections for 2020 in January, many states and cities have responded to most of the counting problems and the funding shortfalls those accidents could cause. Still waiting for action. The Census Bureau’s new amendments show changes approved under the Count Question Resolution process […]
Some Towns Get Funding Boost From Census Corrections
After the U.S. Census Bureau announced the first round of official population corrections for 2020 in January, many states and cities have responded to most of the counting problems and the funding shortfalls those accidents could cause. Still waiting for action. Early winners are areas that had obvious technical problems in the census. Due to […]
