Correctional Services News Archives

A Fredonia man is one of three people facing charges after Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the arrest of two current and one former New York State Department of Correctional Services employees ...

The office of the Fire Marshal, Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services and the Building and Development Branch of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing are asking Ontario residents to ...

A settlement has been reached to pay $972,000 in damages to 23 correction officers who had accused New York state of pregnancy discrimination.

No one investigates like News 4. So when Luke Moretti heard that the ex-wife of a prison worker stumbled onto employee records, he jumped on the story.

A settlement has been reached to pay $972,000 in damages to 23 correction officers who had accused New York state of pregnancy discrimination.

McGuinty Government Supporting Community Projects TORONTO, May 16 /CNW/ - NEWS Fighting hate crime and making victims safer are the goals of more than $1.4 million in new projects funded by the province.

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged three Fort Lauderdale-area medical doctors with illegal insider trading, alleging that they reaped a combined total of more than a half-million dollars in ... via LawFuel.com

“Every time she visited the juvenile facility (at Westville prison) she was unable to see her son”

A R1.25 million lawsuit is pending against four government departments following the incarceration of a 15-year-old in the maximum security section of Durban's Westville prison, the Centre for Child Law said. via SABC News

“This is where we need to start”

Nathan Duccini's work might help steer some people clear of jail. "It really provides services for incarcerated individuals with mental health and substance abuse problems," said John Curtis, president of ... via Dubuque Telegraph Herald

“I was very hesitant about it because I have always heard of the stigma attached to working in prisons, the brutality, the types of persons in prison ... it was like these men are notorious, who have been charged for various crimes, including murder.”

An inmate painted this portrait of Maurice Jones, an 18-year veteran of the Department of Correctional Services. via Jamaica Gleaner

The Ontario government announced plans Friday to replace the Mimico Correctional Centre with a modern detention centre. via Etobicoke Guardian

“At this point, the trust just really isn't there”

The Kenora Police Service and Grand Council Treaty 3 announced a joint initiative to tackle community hate crimes through the Respecting the Challenge project. via Kenora Daily Miner and News

“Due to the fact that I am on a regular basis being intimidated and victimised. "I am being hampered in my preparation and legal consultation with my legal matters.”

By Alex Eliseev Clutching his black lever-arch file, notorious bouncer Gary Beuthin shuffled out of the courtroom victorious. via The Mercury

Rain forced a ceremonial ribbon cutting for the new Fort Dodge Residential Correctional Facility indoors Friday, but it didn't dampen spirits. via The Messenger

“As a lawyer, former prosecutor and 33 year public servant, Mr. McCarthy takes this report very seriously”

James A.P. McCarthy, an attorney and former counsel to Gov. George E. Pataki, was working out at a posh country club and spending time at his Albany law firm while billing the state for thousands of dollars in ... via Times Union

The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services has decided to breed its own drug-sniffing dogs, the first program of its kind in the country. via Washington Examiner